Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
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)
eight (long cylindrical things)
28th day of the month; 28 days
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
800,000; eight hundred thousand
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 microseasons of one year
8-mm (film, camera, etc.)
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
large hanging paper lantern (used in bathhouses, yose theatres, izakaya, etc.)
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; (lit.) people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead
eight winds; eight things that hinder enlightenment; prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure; eight winds (e.g. in eight directions)
customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; brothel; owner of a brothel
below eye level; about eight-tenths full
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour
uncultured but well-intentioned person; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the traditional calendar for each year (in Onmyōdō)
quarterfinal round; final eight
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; (lit.) planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
octennial; recurring every eight years
center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)
being besieged by suitors; to be popular; (lit.) eight suitors for one daughter
eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)
kanji "eight" radical at top
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.)
eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve
eight-hour working day system
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
something spread out widely; something taking a lot of space; (lit.) eight jō of a raccoon dog's scrotum
Tokyo, the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama, and the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, and Saitama
eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)