Word Meaning 八月大名

はちがつだいみょう hachigatsudaimyou

八月大名 is read as はちがつだいみょう (hachigatsudaimyou) and means the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers.

Meaning

English

the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers

Reading

Kana

はちがつだいみょう

Romaji

hachigatsudaimyou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 102986 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八月

はちがつ

August

大名

だいみょう

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

八戸大学

はちのへだいがく

Hachinohe University

八戸工業大学

はちのへこうぎょうだいがく

Hachinohe Institute of Technology

八大地獄

はちだいじごく

The Eight Greater Hells

八千代国際大学

やちよこくさいだいがく

Yachiyo International University

八大明王

はちだいみょうおう

eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)

八洲学園大学

やしまがくえんだいがく

Yashima Gakuen University

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

守護大名

しゅごだいみょう

provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)

大域名

たいいきめい

global name

名月

めいげつ

harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)