Word Meaning 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 susumumojigokushirizokumojigoku

進むも地獄退くも地獄 is read as すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく (susumumojigokushirizokumojigoku) and means between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Meaning

English

  1. between the devil and the deep blue sea
  2. both advancing and retreating are hell

Reading

Kana

すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく

Romaji

susumumojigokushirizokumojigoku

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 70 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 68967 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

進退去就

しんたいきょしゅう

one's course of action

進退維谷まる

しんたいこれきわまる

to be driven into a corner

進退窮まる

しんたいきわまる

to be driven into a corner

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