The hell realm in Buddhist cosmology (Naraka)—a religious concept of a realm of suffering.
仏典には、悪行に落ちると地獄に堕ちると書かれている。
Buddhist scriptures say that evil deeds lead one to fall into hell.
地獄の様相が細かく述べられている古い経典を読んだ。
I read an old sutra that describes the aspects of hell in detail.
Hell in the Christian sense—a religious place of punishment after death.
キリスト教では、悪人が死後に地獄に落ちると教えられることがある。
In Christianity, it is sometimes taught that evildoers fall into hell after death.
Used figuratively for extreme misery or an awful situation (a figurative hell).
あのラッシュアワーの通勤は本当に地獄だ。
Commuting during that rush hour is truly hell.
受験勉強の数か月は彼女にとって地獄のようだった。
Those months of exam study were like hell for her.
その工場の暑さと騒音はまさに地獄だった。
The heat and noise at that factory were truly infernal.
A place (e.g., near volcanoes or hot springs) where smoke or steam constantly issues forth; such sites are sometimes called 'hells'.
別府には観光名所として『地獄』と呼ばれる温泉群がある。
Beppu has clusters of hot springs called 'hells' as tourist attractions.
その谷は地獄と名付けられ、多くの噴気孔がある。
That valley is named 'hell' and has many fumaroles.