Word Meaning 八大地獄

はちだいじごく hachidaijigoku

八大地獄 is read as はちだいじごく (hachidaijigoku) and means The Eight Greater Hells.

Meaning

English

  1. The Eight Greater Hells

Reading

Kana

はちだいじごく

Romaji

hachidaijigoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Yojijukugo Rank 44975 Priority H

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大叫喚地獄

だいきょうかんじごく

Mahāraurava

八洲学園大学

やしまがくえんだいがく

Yashima Gakuen University

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

地獄

じごく

hell

生き地獄

いきじごく

hell on earth

安政の大獄

あんせいのたいごく

Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

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

天国から地獄

てんごくからじごく

(going straight) from heaven to hell

受験地獄

じゅけんじごく

examination hell