Word Meaning 地獄で仏に会ったよう

じごくでほとけにあったよう jigoku de hotoke ni attayou

地獄で仏に会ったよう is read as じごくでほとけにあったよう (jigoku de hotoke ni attayou) and means with great relief.

Meaning

English

  1. with great relief
  2. as if meeting a friend in need
  3. as if having met a Buddha in hell

Reading

Kana

じごくでほとけにあったよう

Romaji

jigoku de hotoke ni attayou

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 45 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 78580 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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地獄

じごく

hell

地獄にも知る人

じごくにもしるひと

you can make friends anywhere

地獄変相

じごくへんそう

picture of Hell

地獄も住家

じごくもすみか

even hell can be home

地獄を見る

じごくをみる

to live through hell

地獄は壁一重

じごくはかべひとえ

the line between good and evil is no wider than a razor's edge

地獄道

じごくどう

naraka (hell) realm

地獄変

じごくへん

picture of Hell

地獄絵図

じごくえず

painting of a scene in Hell

地獄絵

じごくえ

picture of Hell