尺八

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

尺 (shaku, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (hachi), meaning "eight"

Kanji in this term
尺	八

[edit] Noun

尺八 (hiragana しゃくはち, romaji shakuhachi)

1. shakuhachi

   時代劇では、虚無僧が尺八を吹きながら現れる。

   じだいげきでは、こむそうがしゃくはちをふきながらあらわれる。

   jidaigeki dewa, komusō ga shakuhachi o fuki nagara arawareru.

   In Japanese histroical drama, mendicant Zen priests show up while playing shakuhachi.

2. (vulgar) fellatio, oral sex

[edit] See also

• 吹禅 (すいぜん, suizen), “‘blowing meditation’”)
• 普化禅 (ふけぜん, Fuke Zen)