Word Meaning 八幡の藪知らず

やわたのやぶしらず yawata no yabushirazu

八幡の藪知らず is read as やわたのやぶしらず (yawata no yabushirazu) and means Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend).

Meaning

English

  1. Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)
  2. getting lost
  3. being unable to find a way out
  4. thicket from which one cannot escape
  5. maze

Reading

Kana

やわたのやぶしらず

Romaji

yawata no yabushirazu

Writing Variants

  • 八幡の不知藪 やわたのやぶしらず yawata no yabushirazu

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 154525 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八幡

はちまん

Hachiman (God of War)

八幡宮

はちまんぐう

Shrine of the God of War

八幡大学

やはただいがく

Yahata University

八幡船

ばはんせん

Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)

八幡大菩薩

はちまんだいぼさつ

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

八幡神

はちまんじん

Hachiman (god of war)

藪知らず

やぶしらず

labyrinth

南無八幡

なむはちまん

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

弓矢八幡

ゆみやはちまん

god of war

はち

eight