eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)
Mots
Mots avec 八
Le kanji 八, qui signifie huit, apparaît dans 330 entrées de vocabulaire japonais.
the eighteen arhats
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
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)
tesseract
regular octahedron
Seishun 18 ticket
for millennia and millennia
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
pouched lamprey (Geotria australis)
large two-wheeled wagon
Japan
Japan
eighth
eighth brain nerve
something spread out widely
center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit
a prediction may or may not come true
game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
wall iris
Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin)
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy
O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!
twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)
soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour
the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)
eight
eight times eight
Yatsugatake Museum of Art
zigzag bridge
small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)
eight-year-old child
(approx.) two o'clock (am or pm, old time system)
eight-armed scoop net
octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)
indiscriminately
form of taro
lamprey
tearing limb from limb
classical Japanese poetry
Hachiōji (city)
the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
octennial
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)
octagon
octagonal mirror
eight-sided shape
octagonal pyramid
octagonal prism
octagonal burial mound (Kofun period)
star anise (Illicium verum)
lining for cuffs and hem of a kimono
eighty percent
about 80%
turban-like hat worn by officials in the Ryūkyū Kingdom
large hanging paper lantern
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars
eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)
bajiquan (Chinese martial art)
nearly
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)
divination
bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui)
eight trigrams palm
the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers
octonion
Hachinohe Institute of Technology
Hachinohe University
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)
the eight directions
universal brotherhood
the national boundaries
Hachikō Line
1st of August (lunar calendar)
finely trimmed moustache
eight-hour day
eight-hour working day system
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)
the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra
large jewel
Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
fatsi (Fatsia japonica)
octathlon
the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
Japan
Japan
Yashima Gakuen University
Japan
you're never too old to learn
many gods
many islands
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)
a long time (since the last time)