Word Meaning 四十八手

しじゅうはって shijuuhatte

四十八手 is read as しじゅうはって (shijuuhatte) and means every trick in the book.

Meaning

English

  1. every trick in the book
  2. the 48 basic sexual positions
  3. the 48 basic techniques

Reading

Kana

しじゅうはって

Romaji

shijuuhatte

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 65210 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

四国八十八箇所

しこくはちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)

八十の手習い

はちじゅうのてならい

you're never too old to learn

四手

しで

hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

四方八方

しほうはっぽう

in all directions

四手の木

しでのき

loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)

八手

やつで

fatsi (Fatsia japonica)

四十

よそ

forty

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

四十九日

しじゅうくにち

forty-ninth day after a person's death

四十七士

しじゅうしちし

The 47 Ronin

四十不惑

しじゅうふわく

at age forty, one has no doubts