Word Meaning 生き地獄

いきじごく ikijigoku

生き地獄 is read as いきじごく (ikijigoku) and means hell on earth.

Meaning

English

hell on earth
living hell

Reading

Kana

いきじごく

Romaji

ikijigoku

Writing Variants

生地獄 いきじごく ikijigoku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 21414 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

生地主義

せいちしゅぎ

jus soli

地獄

じごく

hell

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

むけんじごく

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

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

Example Sentences

生き地獄は、言い過ぎだと私も思う。

I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.

結婚は、睦まじければ理想郷、争い絶えねば生き地獄。

Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.