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 96581 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

八箇年

はちかねん

octennial

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)