Kanji 八 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

十八檀林

じゅうはちだんりん

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

十八羅漢

じゅうはちらかん

the eighteen arhats

身八つ

みやつ

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

身八つ口

みやつぐち

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)

正八胞体

せいはちほうたい

tesseract

正八面体

せいはちめんたい

regular octahedron

青春18きっぷ

せいしゅんじゅうはちきっぷ

Seishun 18 ticket

千代に八千代に

ちよにやちよに

for millennia and millennia

川八目

かわやつめ

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

袋八目

ふくろやつめ

pouched lamprey (Geotria australis)

大八車

だいはちぐるま

large two-wheeled wagon

大八洲

おおやしま

Japan

大八洲国

おおやしまぐに

Japan

第八

だいはち

eighth

第八脳神経

だいはちのうしんけい

eighth brain nerve

狸の金玉八畳敷き

たぬきのきんたまはちじょうじき

something spread out widely

中台八葉院

ちゅうだいはちよういん

center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)

天竜八部衆

てんりゅうはちぶしゅう

the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

伝持の八祖

でんじのはっそ

the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

桃栗三年柿八年

ももくりさんねんかきはちねん

it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit

当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦

あたるもはっけあたらぬもはっけ

a prediction may or may not come true

藤八拳

とうはちけん

game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

鳶尾

いちはつ

wall iris

南総里見八犬伝

なんそうさとみはっけんでん

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin)

南無八幡

なむはちまん

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy

南無八幡大菩薩

なむはちまんだいぼさつ

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

二十八宿

にじゅうはっしゅく

twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

二十八星瓢虫

にじゅうやほしてんとう

28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

二八

にっぱち

February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)

二八蕎麦

にはちそば

soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

入唐八家

にっとうはっけ

the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)

八

パー

eight

八々

はっぱ

eight times eight

八ヶ岳美術館

やつがたけびじゅつかん

Yatsugatake Museum of Art

八つ橋

やつはし

zigzag bridge

八つ口

やつくち

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

八つ子

やつご

eight-year-old child

八つ時

やつどき

(approx.) two o'clock (am or pm, old time system)

八つ手網

やつであみ

eight-armed scoop net

八つ切り

やつぎり

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)

八つ当たりに

やつあたりに

indiscriminately

八つ頭

やつがしら

form of taro

八つ目鰻

やつめうなぎ

lamprey

八つ裂き

やつざき

tearing limb from limb

八雲

やくも

classical Japanese poetry

八王子

はちおうじ

Hachiōji (city)

八家

はっけ

the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period

八箇年

はちかねん

octennial

八戒

はっかい

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)

八角

はっかく

octagon

八角鏡

はっかくきょう

octagonal mirror

八角形

はっかくけい

eight-sided shape

八角錐

はっかくすい

octagonal pyramid

八角柱

はっかくちゅう

octagonal prism

八角墳

はっかくふん

octagonal burial mound (Kofun period)

八角茴香

はっかくういきょう

star anise (Illicium verum)

八掛

はっかけ

lining for cuffs and hem of a kimono

八割

はちわり

eighty percent

八割方

はちわりがた

about 80%

八巻

はちまち

turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom

八間

はちけん

large hanging paper lantern

八岐大蛇

やまたのおろち

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

八脚門

やつあしもん

single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

八虐

はちぎゃく

eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)

八極拳

はっきょくけん

bajiquan (Chinese martial art)

八九分

はっくぶ

nearly

八苦

はっく

the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)