Words
Words with 八
Kanji 八, meaning eight, appears in 329 Japanese vocabulary entries.
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)
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
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)
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)
八戒
はちかい
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)
八脚門
はっきゃくもん
single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars
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)
八坂瓊曲玉
やさかにのまがたま
Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
八識
はちしき
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
八宗
はっしゅう
the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period