万ばん方ぽう

noun

many lands; many means

Literary or classical term meaning 'all directions/lands' or 'various methods'. Rare in modern Japanese; mostly found in old texts or set phrases.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには「万ばん方ぽう」という言こと葉ばが「あらゆる方ほう法ほう」の意い味みで使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 万方 is used to mean 'all possible means'.

• 「万ばん方ぽう」は「ばんぽう」と読よみ、多おおくの土と地ちや手しゅ段だんを指さす文ぶん語ご的てきな表ひょう現げんです。

  万方 is read ばんぽう and is a literary expression referring to many lands or means.