Word Meaning 八丈絹

はちじょうぎぬ hachijouginu

八丈絹 is read as はちじょうぎぬ (hachijouginu) and means plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

はちじょうぎぬ

Romaji

hachijouginu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 132222 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八丈方言

はちじょうほうげん

Hachijō dialects

八丈

はちじょう

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

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)

八丈縞

はちじょうじま

striped Hachijo silk cloth

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)