Word Meaning 受験地獄

じゅけんじごく jukenjigoku

受験地獄 is read as じゅけんじごく (jukenjigoku) and means examination hell.

Meaning

English

  1. examination hell
  2. ordeal of entrance examinations

Reading

Kana

じゅけんじごく

Romaji

jukenjigoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 63910 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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試験地獄

しけんじごく

(entrance) examination hell

受験票

じゅけんひょう

admission ticket for an examination

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

天国から地獄

てんごくからじごく

(going straight) from heaven to hell

サラ金地獄

さらきんじごく

loan shark hell

進むも地獄退くも地獄

すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく

between the devil and the deep blue sea