Word Meaning 八百八町

はっぴゃくやちょう happyakuyachou

八百八町 is read as はっぴゃくやちょう (happyakuyachou) and means the whole enormous extent of Edo.

Meaning

English

the whole enormous extent of Edo
from one side of Edo to the other

Reading

Kana

はっぴゃくやちょう

Romaji

happyakuyachou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 88981 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

八百長試合

やおちょうじあい

fixed match

八百屋防風

やおやぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

八百万の神

やおよろずのかみ

all the gods and goddesses

八百

はっぴゃく

800

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