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八幡 はちまん

  1. Hachiman (god of war)
  2. Hachiman shrine
  3. certainly

八幡の藪知らず やわたのやぶしらず

  1. Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)
  2. maze; thicket from which one cannot escape
  3. being unable to find a way out; getting lost

八幡大学 やはただいがく

  1. Yahata University

八幡大菩薩 はちまんだいぼさつ

  1. Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

八幡宮 はちまんぐう

  1. Hachiman shrine; shrine dedicated to Hachiman

八幡知らず やわたしらず

  1. labyrinth; maze

八幡神 はちまんじん

  1. Hachiman (god of war)

八幡船 ばはんせん

  1. Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)

弓矢八幡 ゆみやはちまん

  1. Hachiman, god of war and archery

南無八幡大菩薩 なむはちまんだいぼさつ

  1. O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
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