獄 — prison, jail

Common words with 獄

• 地獄じごくhell realm; NarakaCommon

  魔王は言った。「俺が負けるわっきゃねーべ。審判は皆地獄にいるのだ」。
  "How can I lose?" answered Satan. "All the umpires are down here in Hell."

• 獄中ごくちゅうduring imprisonment; while in jailCommon
• 監獄かんごくprisonCommon
• 疑獄ぎごくbribery scandal; graft caseCommon
• 出獄しゅつごくrelease (from prison)Common
• 投獄とうごくimprisonment; incarcerationOccasional
• 牢獄ろうごくprison; jail; gaolOccasional
• 生き地獄いきじごくhell on earth; living hellOccasional
• 脱獄だつごくescaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreakOccasional
• 地獄を見るじごくをみるto live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straitsRare
• 地獄絵じごくえpicture of Hell; painting representing HellRare
• 試験地獄しけんじごく(entrance) examination hellRare
• 交通地獄こうつうじごくtraffic hell; traffic congestionRare
• 地獄にも知る人じごくにもしるひとyou can make friends anywhere; (you can make) acquaintances even in hellRare
• 地獄は壁一重じごくはかべひとえthe line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edgeRare
• 地獄にも鬼ばかりではないじごくにもおにばかりではないyou can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogreRare
• 地獄に落ちるじごくにおちるto go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damnedRare
• 受験地獄じゅけんじごくexamination hell; ordeal of entrance examinationsRare
• 借金地獄しゃっきんじごくdebt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's earsRare
• 通勤地獄つうきんじごくcommuters' hell; commuting hellRare

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