幡

Meaning

幡 centers on a flag or banner, a piece of cloth used as a symbol or signal.

• 八幡はちまん

  Hachiman (god of war)

• 幡ばん

  pataka (banner)

• 八幡宮はちまんぐう

  shrine dedicated to Hachiman; Hachiman shrine

• 因幡いなば

  Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

• 八幡の藪知らずやわたのやぶしらず

  Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

• 八幡大学やはただいがく

  Yahata University

• 八幡大菩薩はちまんだいぼさつ

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

• 八幡知らずやわたしらず

  labyrinth; maze

• 八幡神はちまんじん

  Hachiman (god of war)

• 八幡船ばはんせん

  Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)

• 南無八幡なむはちまん

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

• 南無八幡大菩薩なむはちまんだいぼさつ

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

• 因幡の白兎いなばのしろうさぎ

  White Hare of Inaba

• 幢幡どうばん

  hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples

• 弓矢八幡ゆみやはちまん

  Hachiman, god of war and archery

• 諏訪八幡も照覧あれすわはちまんもしょうらんあれ

  may Takeminakata (Suwa) and Hachiman bear witness; samurai vow of truthfulness

• 黄幡おうばん

  Ōban; one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

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