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ヒャクハチノカネ
Meanings
Noun
1. night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year
Alt. forms
百ひゃく八はちの鐘かね
ヒャクハチノカネ
Composed of
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime