七重の膝を八重に折る

seven

シチ / なな

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

ジュウ / え

knee, lap

シツ / ひざ

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

ハチ / や

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

ジュウ / え

fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit

セツ / お.る