Word Meaning 十八番

Listen to 歌舞伎十八番

歌舞伎十八番

かぶきじゅうはちばん

repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

Listen to 鬼も十八番茶も出花

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

Listen to 十八

十八

じゅうはち

18

Listen to 十八界

十八界

じゅうはちかい

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

Listen to 十八銀行

十八銀行

じゅうはちぎんこう

Eighteenth Bank, Limited

Listen to 十中八九

十中八九

じっちゅうはっく

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

Listen to 十八金

十八金

じゅうはちきん

18-carat gold

Listen to 十八檀林

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)

Listen to 十八羅漢

十八羅漢

じゅうはちらかん

the eighteen arhats

Listen to 明治二十七八年戦役

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)

Listen to 八十神

八十神

やそがみ

many gods

Listen to 二十八宿

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)