Word Meaning 比良八講

ひらはっこう hirahakkou

比良八講 is read as ひらはっこう (hirahakkou) and means Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar.

Meaning

English

  1. Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

Reading

Kana

ひらはっこう

Romaji

hirahakkou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 62782 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

比良八荒

ひらはっこう

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

比良颪

ひらおろし

strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

黄泉比良坂

よもつひらさか

Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

比べる

くらべる

to compare

比例

ひれい

proportion

比喩

ひゆ

simile

比重

ひじゅう

relative importance

比べ

くらべ

contest

Philippines

比する

ひする

to compare

比例配分

ひれいはいぶん

proportional distribution