Word Meaning 蟻地獄

ありじごく arijigoku

蟻地獄 is read as ありじごく (arijigoku) and means antlion pit.

Meaning

English

  1. antlion pit
  2. antlion (larva)
  3. doodlebug

Reading

Kana

ありじごく

Romaji

arijigoku

Writing Variants

  • あり地獄 ありじごく arijigoku
  • アリ地獄 ありじごく arijigoku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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