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; both advancing and retreating are hell

地獄変

じごくへん

picture of Hell

蟻地獄

ありじごく

ant lion larva, doodlebug

地獄耳

じごくみみ

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

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

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

地獄変相

じごくへんそう

picture of Hell, painting representing Hell

試験地獄

しけんじごく

(entrance) examination hell

炎熱地獄

えんねつじごく

flames of hell

通勤地獄

つうきんじごく

commuters' hell, commuting hell

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 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

生き地獄

いきじごく

hell on earth, living hell

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

焦熱地獄

しょうねつじごく

burning hell, inferno

受験地獄

じゅけんじごく

examination hell, ordeal of entrance examinations

阿鼻地獄

あびじごく

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