Word Meaning 十八番

じゅうはちばん juuhachiban

十八番 is read as じゅうはちばん (juuhachiban) and means repertoire of 18 kabuki plays.

Meaning

English

repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
No. 18
eighteenth
one's favourite party trick (favorite)
one's specialty
one's forte

Reading

Kana

じゅうはちばん

Romaji

juuhachiban

Writing Variants

御箱おはこ ohako
十八番 おはこ ohako

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 3685 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

歌舞伎十八番

かぶきじゅうはちばん

repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

十八

じゅうはち

十八界

じゅうはちかい

eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses)

十八銀行

じゅうはちぎんこう

Eighteenth Bank, Limited

十中八九

じっちゅうはっく

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

十八金

じゅうはちきん

18-carat gold

十八檀林

じゅうはちだんりん

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

十八羅漢

じゅうはちらかん

the eighteen arhats

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)

八十神

やそがみ

many gods

二十八宿

にじゅうはっしゅく

twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

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十八番茶 Juhachi Bancha