交こう通つう地じ獄ごく

noun

traffic hell; traffic congestion

Figurative expression likening severe traffic jams to hell; used in news and everyday speech to describe extremely congested roads.

• 年ねん末まつの高こう速そく道どう路ろは交こう通つう地じ獄ごくだった。

  The expressway was traffic hell at the end of the year.