試験地獄

しけんじごく

(entrance) examination hell

地獄

じごく

hell

受験

じゅけん

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

蟻地獄

ありじごく

ant lion larva, doodlebug

地獄変

じごくへん

picture of Hell

地獄耳

じごくみみ

sharp ear, long ears, ability to remember everything one hears

地獄絵

じごくえ

picture of Hell, painting representing Hell

地獄道

じごくどう

nakara (hell) realm

蝿地獄

はえじごく ハエジゴク

Venus flytrap, Venus's flytrap

地獄ホゾ

じごくホゾ じごくほぞ

blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end

受験者

じゅけんしゃ

examinee

受験票

じゅけんひょう

admission ticket for an examination

受験料

じゅけんりょう

examination fees

受験生

じゅけんせい

student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams), test-taker

お受験

おじゅけん

competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools

無間地獄

むげんじごく むけんじごく

the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism, Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering

交通地獄

こうつうじごく

traffic hell, traffic congestion

阿鼻地獄

あびじごく

the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism

焦熱地獄

しょうねつじごく

burning hell, inferno