地獄で仏に会ったよう じごくでほとけにあったよう Meanings Expression, Adverb with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need (literally: as if having met a Buddha in hell) Kanji 地 land. Read as ジ. 獄 prison. Read as ゴク. 仏 Buddha. Read as ほとけ. 会 meet. Read as あう. Word lists Idioms Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists