noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Only when written 八万四千 · Only with reading はちまんしせん
Buddhist term for an extremely large number, often used figuratively to mean 'countless' or 'innumerable'. Restricted to the kanji form 八万四千 and reading はちまんしせん.
仏教では八万四千の煩悩があると言われる。
In Buddhism, it is said there are 84,000 earthly desires.
numeric
84,000
Literal numeric value: eighty-four thousand. Can be written in various numeral forms.
この町の人口は約八万四千人です。
The population of this town is about 84,000.
Arabic numeral spelling, used for the literal number 84,000.
Compound of 八万 (80,000) and 四千 (4,000), yielding 84,000. The Buddhist sense derives from the traditional number of earthly desires or teachings.