Word Meaning 板子一枚下は地獄

いたごいちまいしたはじごく itagoichimaishita ha jigoku

板子一枚下は地獄 is read as いたごいちまいしたはじごく (itagoichimaishita ha jigoku) and means there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition.

Meaning

English

  1. there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition
  2. on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave

Reading

Kana

いたごいちまいしたはじごく

Romaji

itagoichimaishita ha jigoku

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 60940 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一枚看板

いちまいかんばん

best item one has (to show)

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 edge

一枚下

いちまいした

one step lower

板硝子協会

いたがらすきょうかい

Flat Glass Association of Japan

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

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