Word Meaning 南無八幡

なむはちまん namuhachiman

南無八幡 is read as なむはちまん (namuhachiman) and means O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy.

Meaning

English

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy

Reading

Kana

なむはちまん

Romaji

namuhachiman

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

南総里見八犬伝

なんそうさとみはっけんでん

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin)

南無

なむ

amen

南無三宝

なむさんぼう

Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)

南無妙法蓮華経

なむみょうほうれんげきょう

Glory to the Sutra

八幡

はちまん

Hachiman (God of War)

弓矢八幡

ゆみやはちまん

god of war

八幡宮

はちまんぐう

Shrine of the God of War

八幡大学

やはただいがく

Yahata University

八幡の不知藪

やわたのやぶしらず

Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

八幡知らず

やわたしらず

labyrinth

八幡船

ばはんせん

Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)