noun:

• debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

noun:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪趣・三悪【さんあく】

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪道

noun:

• Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over - Buddhism term ➜ 八大地獄【はちだいじごく】

noun:

• demonic or magic being; inhabitant of hell (or the spirit world) ➜ 神族・魔界

noun / ~する noun:

• great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose; hell let loose; mighty whirl; tempest; whoopla

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to rant and rave; to raise hell

noun:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪道【さんあくどう】
• three evils (prostitution, drugs and venereal diseases) ［さんあく］

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; (you can make) acquaintances even in hell [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell ➜ ひどい目にあう【ひどいめにあう】

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

expression:

• like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell

expression / adverb:

• with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; as if having met a Buddha in hell [literal] - idiom

noun:

• cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell - colloquialism - derogatory term

interjection:

• whatever; never mind; I don't care; the hell with it

noun:

• debauchee; fast liver; libertine; hell-raiser

expression / ichidan verb:

• to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a surprise; to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of

expression / noun:

• fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell) - Buddhism term ➜ 火車
• desperate financial situation; dire straits - idiom

noun:

• mountain (in hell) covered in swords, which are buried so their tips point upward

noun:

• Avici (lowest level of hell) - Buddhism term

noun:

• naraka (hell) realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六道

noun:

• torture; pains (of hell)