hell

地獄

ひどい苦しみを味わわせる状況や場所。

やさしい英語で： A situation or place that makes you suffer greatly.

• That journey was hell.
• They went through hell during the war.
• The endless arguments made life at home a living hell.

使い方： go through hell (She went through hell during the divorce.); make something hell (The constant noise made work hell.)

類義語： nightmare, misery, torment

反対語： heaven

よく使う表現： living hell, go through hell, make life hell

苦痛、大きな負担

人や物に大きな苦痛や損害を与えるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that causes a lot of pain or damage to someone or something.

• These shoes are hell on my feet.
• The long drive was hell on her back.
• Salt water can be hell on metal parts.

使い方： be hell on someone/something (Running on concrete is hell on my joints.)

よく使う表現： hell on knees, hell on something

灼熱地獄

非常に暑い場所。

やさしい英語で： A place that is extremely hot.

• That kitchen is hell in summer.
• The tiny room was hotter than hell.
• With the furnace running, the workshop felt like hell.

類義語： furnace, oven

よく使う表現： hot as hell, hotter than hell

一体、絶対に

発言や質問の勢いを強めるために使う言葉。

やさしい英語で： Used to make a statement or question sound stronger.

• Hell yes, I'll come!
• What the hell happened here?
• She sure as hell wasn't going to give up.

使い方： question word + the hell (Where the hell did I put my phone?); sure as hell + verb (I sure as hell remember that day.)

よく使う表現： hell yes, hell no, sure as hell, what the hell

ちくしょう、くそ

怒り、不快感、いらだちを表すときの言葉。

やさしい英語で： Used when you are angry, upset, or annoyed about something.

• Hell! I forgot my keys.
• Oh hell, we've missed the bus.
• Hell, why does this always happen to me?

類義語： damn, dammit

よく使う表現： oh hell, ah hell