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VocabJLPT N3

Hell

NounPlace

Definitions

1. hell realm
2. Naraka
3. Hell
4. hell

The concept of hell or a place of extreme suffering, both in a religious sense and in everyday hyperbolic speech. Japanese people also use it informally to describe any situation that is unbearably painful or miserable.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

If things keep going like this, the whole team is going to suffer, you know?

Sentence 2

If this pain keeps up, every single day is hell!

Sentence 3

Going outside in this heat is absolute hell, isn't it!

Sentence 4

That painting of flames — you can almost feel the heat of hell coming off it.

Sentence 5

There are days when this world just looks like hell.