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)
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
eight-tenths; 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 'climates' of one year
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
large hanging paper lantern
eight winds; eight things that hinder enlightenment; prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure; eight winds (e.g. in eight directions)
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 8 moves further ahead
customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues; brothel; owner of a brothel
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
below eye level; about eight-tenths full
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring
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
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
quarterfinal round; final eight
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
octennial; recurring every eight years
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
center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)
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
being besieged by suitors; to be popular; (lit.) eight suitors for one daughter
eight-hour working day system
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law