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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

地じ獄ごく

jigoku

hell, misery

Often describes an extremely painful situation. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

そこはこの世よの地獄じごくとなった。
The place became a hell on earth.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
最近さいきんは、ローン地獄じごくで破産はさんする人ひとが増ふえている。
More and more people these days are getting overwhelmed by housing loans.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
ローン地獄じごくで、ボーナスもらっても焼やけ石いしに水みずだよ。
My bonus doesn’t come close to covering all the loan payments I have to make.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 地獄

地ground; earthOnチ・ジ
獄prison; jailOnゴク

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