Word Meaning 八丈

はちじょう hachijou

八丈 is read as はちじょう (hachijou) and means plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped).

Meaning

English

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

Reading

Kana

はちじょう

Romaji

hachijou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 95503 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八丈方言

はちじょうほうげん

Hachijō dialects

八丈桑

はちじょうぐわ

Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)

八丈宝貝

はちじょうだからがい

chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana)

八丈絹

はちじょうぎぬ

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

黒八丈

くろはちじょう

thick black silk from Hachijo Island

黄八丈

きはちじょう

yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

八丈縞

はちじょうじま

striped Hachijo silk cloth

八重桜

やえざくら

double-flowered cherry tree

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

八部衆

はちぶしゅう

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

八重山椰子

やえやまやし

Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis)

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)