Word Meaning 百八の鐘

ひゃくはちのかね hyakuhachi no kane

百八の鐘 is read as ひゃくはちのかね (hyakuhachi no kane) and means night-watch bell.

Meaning

English

night-watch bell
bells tolling out the old year

Reading

Kana

ひゃくはちのかね

Romaji

hyakuhachi no kane

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 82878 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

百八煩悩

ひゃくはちぼんのう

the 108 kleshas

百八

ひゃくはち

the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions

百八つ

ひゃくやっつ

108

八百屋

やおや

greengrocer

八百長

やおちょう

match fixing

八百万

やおよろず

myriad

八百八橋

はっぴゃくやばし

the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

八百長試合

やおちょうじあい

fixed match

八百屋防風

やおやぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

八百万神

やおよろずのかみ

all the gods and goddesses

八百八町

はっぴゃくやちょう

the whole enormous extent of Edo