eight (long cylindrical things)
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
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
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
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
800,000; eight hundred thousand
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)
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)
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
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
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
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
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
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
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
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
octennial; recurring every eight years
center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)
quarterfinal round; final eight
octennial; recurring every eight years
octennial; recurring every eight years
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)
eight-hour working day system
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)
kanji "eight" radical at top
eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve
eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.)
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law