天竜八部衆

てんりゅうはちぶしゅう

the eight legions

八部

はちぶ

Eight Legions

大衆部

だいしゅぶ

Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)

四部衆

しぶしゅ

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

衆

しゅう しゅ

great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses

八八

two eights

八八花

はちはちばな

standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)

八

はち や

eight; eighth

僧衆

そうしゅう そうしゅ

large number of priests

女衆

おんなしゅう おんなしゅ おんなし

women

多衆

たしゅう

crowd (of people), large group of people

衆愚

しゅうぐ

the vulgar masses

四衆

ししゅ ししゅう

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

衆論

しゅうろん

public opinion

衆庶

しゅうしょ

the masses, common people

衆目

しゅうもく

all eyes, public attention

衆俗

しゅうぞく

the masses, ordinary people

番衆

ばんしゅう ばんしゅ

guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)

衆望

しゅうぼう

public confidence, popular support