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painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

wicked; evil; profligate; immoral

wastrel; scoundrel; villain

organized crime; yakuza; underworld

hell on earth; living hell

being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears

ability to remember everything one hears

antlion (larva); doodlebug

antlion pit

escaped prisoner

Buddhism

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

Buddhism

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

burning hell; inferno

escaped prisoner; fugitive

Idiomatic expression

(going straight) from heaven to hell

release (from prison)

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

being imprisoned; being sent to prison

limbo

picture of Hell; painting representing Hell

roundup; wholesale arrest

prison warden

Proverb

money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even the verdict of hell is determined by money

breaking out of prison

bribery scandal

scoundrel; rake