Word Meaning 無間地獄

むけんじごく mukenjigoku

無間地獄 is read as むけんじごく (mukenjigoku) and means the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

むけんじごく

Romaji

mukenjigoku

Writing Variants

無間地獄 むげんじごく mugenjigoku
無限地獄 むげんじごく mugenjigoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 54066 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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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

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

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

試験地獄

しけんじごく

(entrance) examination hell

等活地獄

とうかつじごく

Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells)