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Pronunciation / Transliteration: iki-jigoku
"過酷な労働環境によって、毎日の生活が生きた地獄のようだった。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A state or place of extreme, continuous suffering, misery, or torment experienced during one's lifetime.
"Working in that toxic corporate environment for ten years felt like a living hell." - 2
An exceptionally difficult, chaotic, or distressing life situation from which escape seems nearly impossible.
"Chronic illness turned her daily routine into a living hell."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the English present participle 'living' (referring to mortal existence) and 'hell' (from Old English 'helle', denoting the nether world of torment). The exact idiom emerged in modern English to describe earthly conditions of extreme, prolonged suffering that mirror theological damnation, closely aligning conceptually with terms like the Japanese 'iki-jigoku'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Living hell" is said worldwide
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enfer vivant
Transliteration: /ɑ̃.fɛʁ vi.vɑ̃/
"Sa vie quotidienne était devenue un véritable enfer vivant."
lebendige Hölle
Transliteration: /leˈbɪndɪɡə ˈhœlə/
"Nach dem Unfall wurde sein Alltag zu einer lebendigen Hölle."
inferno vivente
Transliteration: /inˈfɛr.no viˈvɛn.te/
"Quella prigionia si trasformò in un inferno vivente."
infierno en vida
Transliteration: /inˈfjeɾ.no en ˈbi.ða/
"La crisis económica convirtió su hogar en un infierno en vida."
inferno em vida
Transliteration: /ĩˈfɛʁ.nu ẽ ˈvi.dɐ/
"O vício transformou a rotina dele num inferno em vida."
जीता जागता नर्क
Transliteration: jeeta jaagta nark
"अत्याचारों ने उस परिवार का जीवन जीता जागता नर्क बना दिया था।"
人间炼狱
Transliteration: rénjiān liànyù
"战乱让这座美丽的城市变成了人间炼狱。"
생지옥
Transliteration: saengjiok
"그 사고 이후로 그의 삶은 생지옥과 같았다."
生きて地獄
Transliteration: iki-jigoku
"過酷な労働環境によって、毎日の生活が生きた地獄のようだった。"
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