Kanji 八 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 4

Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

百八

ひゃくはち

the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions

the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

腹八分

はらはちぶ

eating moderately

腹八分目

はらはちぶんめ

being moderate in eating

腹八分目に医者いらず

はらはちぶんめにいしゃいらず

eating moderately keeps the doctor away

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

亡八

ぼうはち

brothel

傍目八目

おかめはちもく

bystander's vantage point

忘八屋

くつわや

brothel

娘一人に婿八人

むすめひとりにむこはちにん

being besieged by suitors

明治二十七八年戦役

めいじにじゅうしちはちねんせんえき

Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)

目八分

めはちぶ

about eight-tenths full

Words with 八

八木・宇田アンテナ

八木アンテナ

八路軍

八腕類

八咫

八咫がらす

八咫の烏

八咫鏡

八哥鳥

八艘跳び

八佾

八佾

比良八荒

比良八講

百八

百八つ

百八の鐘

百八煩悩

付法の八祖

腹八分