八岐大蛇

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Dictionary entry

Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)

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八岐大蛇 (Bā qí Dà shé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)

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八bāeight 岐Qísurname Qi · also used in place names 大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)蛇shévariant of 蛇[she2]

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