Word Meaning 八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら happyakuyadera

八百八寺 is read as はっぴゃくやでら (happyakuyadera) and means the large number of temples in Kyoto.

Meaning

English

the large number of temples in Kyoto
808 temples

Reading

Kana

はっぴゃくやでら

Romaji

happyakuyadera

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 50589 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八百八橋

はっぴゃくやばし

the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)

八百屋防風

やおやぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

八百屋

やおや

greengrocer

八百長

やおちょう

match fixing

八百万

やおよろず

myriad

八百長試合

やおちょうじあい

fixed match

八百万神

やおよろずのかみ

all the gods and goddesses

八百八町

はっぴゃくやちょう

the whole enormous extent of Edo

八百万

はっぴゃくまん

8,000,000

百八の鐘

ひゃくはちのかね

night-watch bell

百八煩悩

ひゃくはちぼんのう

the 108 kleshas

百八

ひゃくはち

the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions