Word Meaning 借金地獄

しゃっきんじごく shakkinjigoku

借金地獄 is read as しゃっきんじごく (shakkinjigoku) and means debt trap.

Meaning

English

  1. debt trap
  2. debt hell
  3. being in debt up to one's ears

Reading

Kana

しゃっきんじごく

Romaji

shakkinjigoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 81106 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

サラ金地獄

さらきんじごく

loan shark hell

借金が嵩む

しゃっきんがかさむ

to get deeper in debt

借金を踏み倒す

しゃっきんをふみたおす

to default on one's debt

借金漬け

しゃっきんづけ

being deeply in debt

地獄

じごく

hell

生き地獄

いきじごく

hell on earth

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

交通地獄

こうつうじごく

traffic hell, traffic congestion

無間地獄

むげんじごく

the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

聞いて極楽見て地獄

きいてごくらくみてじごく

don't believe everything you hear

板子一枚下は地獄

いたごいちまいしたはじごく

there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition