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八はち
eight, 8
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八重やえ
multilayered, doubled
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八丁はっちょう
skillfulness
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八幡はちまん
Hachiman (god of war)
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八つやっつ
eight
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八方はっぽう
all sides, the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
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尺八しゃくはち
shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute
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十八じゅうはち
eighteen, 18
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八重桜やえざくら
double-flowered cherry tree, double cherry blossoms
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八千代やちよ
very long period, forever
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八百屋やおや
greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop
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十八番じゅうはちばん
one's favourite party trick (favorite), one's specialty, one's forte
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お八つおやつ
between-meal snack
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八分音符はちぶおんぷ
8th note, eighth note, quaver
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八つ当たりやつあたり
venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
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八パー
eight
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八々はっぱ
eight times eight
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八万はちまん
80000
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八人はちにん
eight people
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八端はったん
twilled fabric
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八珍はっちん
eight delicacies
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八割はちわり
eighty percent
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八福はちふく
the Beatitudes
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八徳はっとく
the eight virtues
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八景はっけい
eight picturesque sights
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八双はっそう
style of sword fighting
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八面はちめん
eight faces, all sides
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八八はちはち
two eights
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八荒はっこう
the national boundaries
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八間はちけん
large hanging paper lantern
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八本はちほん
eight (long cylindrical things)
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八頭はちがしら
kanji "eight" radical at top
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八道はちどう
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
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八軸はちじく
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
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八掛はっかけ
lining for cuffs and hem of a kimono
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八紘はっこう
the eight directions, the whole land, the whole world
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八段はちだん
eighth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
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八手やつで
fatsi (Fatsia japonica), paperplant, Japanese aralia
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八朔はっさく
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)
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八卦はっけ
eight trigrams, divination signs
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八佾はちいつ
Ba Yi (third chapter of the Analects of Confucius)
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八股はっこ
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
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八巻はちまち
turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom
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八虐はちぎゃく
eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)
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八丈はちじょう
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
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八角はっかく
octagon
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八佾はちいつ
Ba Yi (ancient Chinese dance practiced in the court of the Zhou king)
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八省はっしょう
the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryō system)
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八識はっしき
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
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八部はちぶ
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)