Nounbribery scandal; graft case

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbrelease (from prison)

Nounhell realm; Naraka · Hell · hell; misery; nightmare; inferno

Nounjail; gaol; prison

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbeing sent to prison

Nounjail; prison; punishment

Nounprison warden

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbimprisonment; incarceration

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbeing imprisoned; being sent to prison

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbescaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak · jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbreaking out of prison

Nounpurgatory

Nounprison; jail; gaol

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbimprisonment; incarceration

Nounroundup; wholesale arrest

Noun, Suru verbtrying of a crime; conviction · condemnation to death by beheading

Noungoing to hell; falling into hell

Nounlimbo

Nounparole; release on bail

Nounantlion (larva); doodlebug · antlion pit

NounVenus flytrap

Nounexamination hell; ordeal of entrance examinations

Nounburning hell; inferno

Nounthe Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering

Noun(entrance) examination hell

Nountraffic hell; traffic congestion

Nounflames of hell

Nounhell on earth; living hell

Nouncommuters' hell; commuting hell

Nounpolice custody; police detention; substitute prison

NounAvici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)

NounThe Eight Greater Hells

NounSañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over

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

NounMahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism

NounAnsei Purge (1858-1860)

Nounloan shark hell; distress caused by high-interest loans and aggressive collection methods

NounThe Woman-Killer (bunraku play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon); The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)(going straight) from heaven to hell

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)one plank's thickness below lies hell; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay may be a hell at sight

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)between the devil and the deep blue sea; both advancing and retreating are hell