阿あ鼻び叫きょう喚かん

noun

agonizing cries; pandemonium

Describes a scene of utter chaos and wailing, often used for disasters or battlefields. Originates from the names of two Buddhist hells (阿鼻地獄 and 叫喚地獄), but in modern use it refers to extreme suffering and uproar.

• 地じ震しんの後あと、街まちは阿あ鼻び叫きょう喚かんの地じ獄ごく絵え図ずとなった。

  After the earthquake, the town became a hellish scene of agonizing cries.

• 戦せん場じょうはまさに阿あ鼻び叫きょう喚かんだった。

  The battlefield was sheer pandemonium.