Kosakata Kanji 八

Yagi-Uda antenna

(of a fabric) having a loose knit

eight-holed arrow whistle

Eighth Route Army

octopods

eight ata (approx. 144 cm)

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)

Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)

crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)

(Minamoto Yoshitsune's legendary) eight ship leap

Ba Yi (ancient Chinese dance practiced in the court of the Zhou king)

Ba Yi (third chapter of the Analects of Confucius)

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

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

108

night-watch bell

the 108 kleshas

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)

eating moderately

being moderate in eating

eating moderately keeps the doctor away

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)

crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)

brothel

every person has their eccentricities

being besieged by suitors

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

about eight-tenths full

hamachi