Word Meaning 六百六号

Listen to 六字名号

六字名号

ろくじみょうごう

the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)

Listen to 六字の名号

六字の名号

ろくじのみょうごう

the six written characters of Buddha's name (used in prayer)

Listen to 六号記事

六号記事

ろくごうきじ

fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)

Listen to 六百間

六百間

ろっぴゃくけん

roppyakken (type of game)

Listen to 六合

六合

りくごう

the universe

Listen to 六十六部

六十六部

ろくじゅうろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

Listen to 六部

六部

りくぶ

Six Ministries (in Sui dynasty to Qing dynasty China)

Listen to 六部

六部

ろくぶ

Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

Listen to 六連発

六連発

ろくれんぱつ

six-chambered (revolver)

Listen to 六調子

六調子

ろくちょうし

six main gagaku modes (equivalent to A Dorian, B Dorian, E Dorian, D Mixolydian, E Mixolydian and G Mixolydian)

Listen to 六公四民

六公四民

ろくこうよんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

Listen to 六三制

六三制

ろくさんせい

six-three system of education (six years of elementary school, followed by three years of junior high school)