Word Meaning 八百八橋

はっぴゃくやばし happyakuyabashi

八百八橋 is read as はっぴゃくやばし (happyakuyabashi) and means the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

はっぴゃくやばし

Romaji

happyakuyabashi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 40853 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八橋

やつはし

zigzag bridge

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

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