比良八荒

ひらはっこう

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

黄泉比良坂

よもつひらさか

Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)

比良おろし

ひらおろし

strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

講

こう

(Buddhist) lecture meeting

八八

two eights

受講

じゅこう

taking (attending) lectures

講武

こうぶ こうたけし

military training

講中

こうじゅう

religious association

進講

しんこう

giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence, lecturing to the emperor

講習

こうしゅう

short course, training

聴講

ちょうこう

lecture attendance, auditing

講義

こうぎ

lecture

講堂

こうどう

auditorium, lecture hall

欠講

けっこう けつこう

cancellation of lecture or class

出講

しゅっこう でこう

giving lectures

代講

だいこう

substitute lecturing, substitute lecturer

長講

ちょうこう

lengthy lecture

開講

かいこう

holding a course (of lectures), offering a course