通つう勤きん地じ獄ごく

noun

commuting hell; commuters' hell

Colloquial term for extremely crowded, stressful rush-hour commuting, especially on packed trains in urban Japan.

• 毎まい朝あさの通つう勤きん地じ獄ごくで、もう疲つかれ果はてている。

  I'm already exhausted from the commuting hell every morning.

• 東とう京きょうの通つう勤きん地じ獄ごくは、海かい外がいでも有ゆう名めいだ。

  Tokyo's commuting hell is famous even overseas.