Word Meaning 百人一首

ひゃくにんいっしゅ hyakuninisshu

百人一首 is read as ひゃくにんいっしゅ (hyakuninisshu) and means (Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu.

Meaning

English

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu
classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets
hyakunin isshu karuta
hyakunin isshu poetry cards

Reading

Kana

ひゃくにんいっしゅ

Romaji

hyakuninisshu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 17469 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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百人一首かるた

ひゃくにんいっしゅかるた

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

小倉百人一首

おぐらひゃくにんいっしゅ

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu

百人首

ひゃくにんしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

百害あって一利なし

ひゃくがいあっていちりなし

all pain, no gain

百人百様

ひゃくにんひゃくよう

so many men, so many ways

一首

いっしゅ

one tanka

百慮一得

ひゃくりょいっとく

even a fool may sometimes give good counsel

百人力

ひゃくにんりき

tremendous strength

百一物

ひゃくいちもつ

monk's allowed daily necessities (clothes, food, etc.)

百聞は一見にしかず

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず

seeing is believing

百日の説法屁一つ

ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ

single mistake which ruins all one's hard work

百姓一揆

ひゃくしょういっき

peasant uprising (Edo period)

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