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    3. 八幡

    八幡

    八はち幡まん

    Hachiman (god of war)

    KMT7News #14+1Religion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    はちまん

    Noun

    1.
    Hachiman (god of war)
    abbreviationShinto
    2.
    Hachiman shrine
    abbreviation

    Adverb

    3.
    certainly
    archaic

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    八はち幡まん様さまにお参まいりしました。

    I visited Hachiman-sama (Hachiman shrine).

    KMT5Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    八はち幡まん宮ぐうは、全ぜん国こくに数すう多おおく存そん在ざいする神じん社じゃです。

    Hachiman-gu is a shrine that exists in large numbers throughout the country.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    毎まい年とし秋あきには、八はち幡まん神じん社じゃの例れい大たい祭さいが盛せい大だいに行おこなわれます。

    Every autumn, the grand annual festival of Hachiman Shrine is held.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    源げん氏じの氏うじ神がみである八はち幡まん神しんは、武ぶ士しの守しゅ護ご神しんとして信しん仰こうされてきました。

    Hachiman-shin, the tutelary deity of the Minamoto clan, has been worshipped as the guardian deity of samurai.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    八はち幡まん信しん仰こうは、古ふるくから日に本ほん人じんの精せい神しん生せい活かつに深ふかく根るざしています。

    Hachiman worship has been deeply rooted in the spiritual life of Japanese people since ancient times.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
    幡
    はた…(6)
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