八

eight

eighteen

eight

between-meal snack

one's favourite party trick (favorite)

multilayered

all sides

Hachiman (god of war)

very long period

eight (long cylindrical things)

skillfulness

8th note

greengrocer

shakuhachi

match fixing

myriad

shrine dedicated to Hachiman

venting one's anger (on someone or something)

being in dire distress

eight times eight

8-mm (film, camera, etc.)

sink or swim

three and eight

eight people

sixteen

two eights

being boxed in on all sides

eight-tenths

being delisted or censored by the Google search engine (of a website)

Siberian brook lamprey (Lethenteron kessleri)

eighth (place, position, etc.)

fatsi (Fatsia japonica)

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

octuplet

two o'clock (old time system)

108

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

80000

8000 years

Yagi antenna

eight picturesque sights

eight-strand braid (rope)

nearly

indiscriminately

eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses)

eighth

greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)

large hanging paper lantern

many

18-carat gold

the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects

eight-tenths

below eye level

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

Japan

many islands

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)

Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)

a long time (since the last time)

large two-wheeled wagon

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

many gods

the 48 basic techniques

sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east)

in all directions

the 8 districts of feudal Japan

the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers

eighty percent

eighth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain)

eight faces

octal numeral system

many

about 80%

the Beatitudes

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

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

the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryō system)

octonion

eight winds

division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)

customer at a brothel

octahedron

age eighty

the whole enormous extent of Edo

eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring

many kinds

(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

noble eightfold path

(roads) running in all directions

everybody's friend

Tokyo, the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama, and the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, and Saitama

Hachiōji (city)

full of holes (e.g. argument)

yatsuhashi

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

eight-hour day

bystander's vantage point

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

to find a solution (after struggle)

Hachinohe University

great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri)

form of taro

kanji "eight" radical at top

Hachikō Line

for millennia and millennia

multilayered

to the satisfaction of all parties

all the gods and goddesses

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)

octagon

Eighteenth Bank, Limited

regular octahedron

you're never too old to learn

octant (instrument)

the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)

variety of plants

Eighth Route Army

eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)

octagon

the large number of temples in Kyoto

style of sword fighting

Yagi-Uda antenna

the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)

Yamecha

the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period

center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)

traffic network extending in all directions

turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom

Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri)

eloquence

octennial

voluble

not giving up

not giving up

beautiful well-proportioned woman (body 8 times longer than head)

octavo (book format)

pouched lamprey (Geotria australis)

Hachijō dialects

the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the traditional calendar for each year (in Onmyōdō)

plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)

uncultured but well-intentioned person

fixed match

to try all possible means

Eight Principles of Yong