ヘル

noun

hell

A katakana noun meaning “hell,” most likely encountered in titles, names, games, fantasy settings, or direct renderings of foreign text. For ordinary religious or figurative Japanese, 地獄 is usually the natural word.

• このゲームには「ヘル」という最さい高こう難なん度どがある。

  This game has a highest difficulty level called “Hell.”

• ヘルは英えい語ご由ゆ来らいで、地じ獄ごくを表あらわす語ごだ。

  ヘル is a word derived from English that means hell.