八幡の藪知らず

やわたのやぶしらず

Also written 八幡の不知藪

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)
2. thicket from which one cannot escape; maze
3. getting lost; being unable to find a way out

Kanji

• 八 eight. Read as や.
• 幡 flag
• 藪 thicket; bush; underbrush. Read as やぶ.
• 知 know. Read as しる.

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