eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
8000; eight thousand; many
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop; jack of all trades
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
Yatagarasu; raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition; three-legged crow inhabiting the sun
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
(arch.) eight ata (approx. 144 cm); large; long
very long period; forever; eight thousand years
indiscriminately; recklessly
all the gods and goddesses; all the deities
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh
eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle
double-flowered cherry tree; double cherry blossoms
the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia
8000 years; thousands of years; eternity
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
(arch.) large jewel; (arch.) string of jewels; Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; (lit.) falling seven times, getting up eight; the vicissitudes of life; the ups and downs of life
Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend); thicket from which one cannot escape; maze; getting lost; being unable to find a way out
variety of plants; various herbs
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts
thick patch of mixed weeds; false cleavers (species of bedstraw, Galium spurium var. echinospermon)
to humbly implore; to beg profusely
god of evil; god who causes many disasters
age eighty; one's eighties
Yasakatome; deity worshipped at various (lower) Suwa shrines, and consort of Takeminakata
octavo (book format); 8vo
Yamecha; Yame tea; high-quality tea from the Yame area in Fukuoka
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)
the large number of temples in Kyoto; (lit.) 808 temples
Yatagarasu; raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition; three-legged crow inhabiting the sun
thick clouds; classical Japanese poetry
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
eight-holed arrow whistle
Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
eight-strand braid (rope); single braid
the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
eightfold gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides f. ovalifolia)
Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm
fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)
great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit
Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)
Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)
two o'clock (old time system)
many gods; many deities; many kami
eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)
for millennia and millennia; for years and years; forever and ever
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)