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prenominal
octennial, recurring every eight years
Other readings:
八カ年【はちかねん】
八ヵ年【はちかねん】
八ヶ年【はちかねん】
八か年【はちかねん】
八ケ年【はちかねん】
8箇年【はちかねん】
8カ年【はちかねん】
8ヵ年【はちかねん】
8ヶ年【はちかねん】
8か年【はちかねん】
8ケ年【はちかねん】

noun
the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law(archaism)
See also:十悪
Other readings:
八逆【はちぎゃく】

noun
quarterfinal round, final eight(sports term)
Other readings:
8強【はっきょう】
八強【はちきょう】
八強【はっきょう】

noun
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Oriental honey buzzard, pern(usually kana)
Other readings:
はちくま《八角鷹》
はちくま《蜂角鷹》
ハチクマ

noun
large hanging paper lantern
See also:釣り行灯,  八方

noun
eight o'clock
Other readings:
八時【はちじ】

はちかんろうどうせい
hachijikanroudousei
noun
eight-hour working day system
Other readings:
8時間労働制【はちじかんろうどうせい】

noun
eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring(yojijukugo)

numeric
800,000, eight hundred thousand
Other readings:
八十万【はちじゅうまん】
800000【はちじゅうまん】
八〇〇〇〇〇【はちじゅうまん】

noun
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)(abbreviation)
See also:八丈絹,  八丈縞

noun
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)

noun
Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハチジョウグワ

noun
the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year
Other readings:
八将神【はちしょうしん】

noun
chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana), humpback cowry(usually kana)
Other readings:
はちじょうたからがい《八丈宝貝》
ハチジョウダカラガイ
ハチジョウタカラガイ

noun
octal, base 8(mathematics)
Other readings:
八進数【はちしんすう】

noun
eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka)(Buddhist term)
See also:五大明王

noun
the 8 districts of feudal Japan

noun
1.
figure eight, figure of eight
2.
shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight(only relevant for 八の字)
Other readings:
八の字【はちのじ】

noun
1.
two eights
2.
hachi hachi (type of hanafuda game)
See also:花札

noun
standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi hachi)
See also:花札,  八八
Other readings:
八々花【はちはちばな】

noun
eight parts of speech (in traditional English grammar, etc.)(obscure, linguistics)

noun
1.
eight-tenths
2.
casting someone out
3.
type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
See also:鳶ズボン

noun
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)(abbreviation, Buddhist term)
See also:八部衆

noun
1.
eight winds, eight things that hinder enlightenment; prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure(Buddhist term)
2.
eight winds (e.g. in eight directions)

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

noun
eight-tenths
Other readings:
八分目【はちぶんめ】

noun
Octans (constellation), the Octant
Other readings:
はちぶんぎ座【はちぶんぎざ】

noun
1.
80000
2.
many
Other readings:
八万【やよろず】

noun
Hachiman (god of war)
Other readings:
八幡神【やわたのかみ】

noun
1.
many(Buddhist term)(only relevant for 八万四千 and はちまんしせん)
numeric
2.
84,000
Other readings:
八万四千【はちまんしせん】
8万4千【はちまんよんせん】
8万4千【はちまんしせん】
84000【はちまんよんせん】
84000【はちまんしせん】

noun, na-adjective, no-adjective, taru-adjective, to-adverb
beautiful from all sides, perfect serenity, affability(archaism, yojijukugo)

noun
competent in all fields, jack of all trades, very active in many fields, versatile, all-round, 8 faces and 6 arms(yojijukugo)

noun
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

noun
Eighth Route Army, 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China

adverb
about 80%, almost certainly, mostly
Other readings:
8割方【はちわりがた】

noun
the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song and dance; and eating after noon)(Buddhist term)
See also:五戒
Other readings:
八戒【はちかい】

noun
1.
octagon
2.
star anise (Illicium verum)(abbreviation)
See also:八角茴香
3.
sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
See also:特鰭

noun
star anise (Illicium verum)(usually kana)
See also:大茴香
Other readings:
ハッカクウイキョウ

noun
eight-sided shape, octagon
Other readings:
八角形【はっかっけい】
8角形【はっかくけい】
8角形【はっかっけい】

noun
lining for cuffs and hem of a kimono
See also:裾回し

noun
crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus), crested mynah(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハッカチョウ

noun
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)(Buddhist term)

adverb
nearly, almost, eight or nine parts (out of ten)(obscure)
See also:九分通り

noun
1.
eight trigrams, divination signs
2.
divination, fortune-telling
Other readings:
八卦【はっか】

noun
1.
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects(abbreviation)
See also:八宗
2.
the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
See also:入唐八家

noun
bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui), pa kua mirror

noun
eight trigrams palm, ba gua zhang, pa kua chang(martial arts)

noun
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)(abbreviation)
See also:八股文

noun
the eight directions, the whole land, the whole world

expression, noun
universal brotherhood, all eight corners of the world under one roof(yojijukugo)(WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination)

noun
eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)

noun
1.
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)
2.
1st of August (lunar calendar)

noun
eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
八識【はちしき】

noun
the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
See also:南都六宗

noun
1.
Japan(archaism)
See also:八洲
2.
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
See also:関八州

noun
the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)
See also:太政官

noun
noble eightfold path(Buddhist term)
Other readings:
八聖道【はっしょうどう】

noun, no-adjective
octal numeral system, octal notation(mathematics)
See also:八進数
Other readings:
8進法【はっしんほう】

noun
1.
distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
2.
dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies), food served in such a dish
3.
variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper

noun
eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)(archaism, obscure)
See also:八色の姓

numeric
1.
8000, eight thousand
noun
2.
many
Other readings:
八千【はっせん】
八千【やち】
8千【はっせん】
八〇〇〇【はっせん】

noun
49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain)

noun
8000 years, thousands of years, eternity
Other readings:
八千年【やちとせ】
八千歳【やちとせ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
(roads) running in all directions, convenient transportation, ability in any line

noun
twilled fabric(abbreviation)
See also:八端織り
Other readings:
八反【はったん】
八段【はったん】

noun
twilled fabric
Other readings:
八反織り【はったんおり】
八端織【はったんおり】
八反織【はったんおり】

noun
hatcho miso, dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture(food term)
Other readings:
八丁みそ【はっちょうみそ】

noun
beautiful well-proportioned woman (body 8 times longer than head)

noun
the eight virtues
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expression
eight times eight

noun
eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east)
See also:九星

numeric
1.
800, eight hundred
noun
2.
multitude, large number
Other readings:
800【やお】
八百【はっぴゃく】
八百【やお】
8百【はっぴゃく】
8百【やお】
八〇〇【はっぴゃく】
八〇〇【やお】

numeric
8,000,000, eight million
Other readings:
八百万【はっぴゃくまん】
8000000【はっぴゃくまん】
八〇〇〇〇〇〇【はっぴゃくまん】

noun
the whole enormous extent of Edo, from one side of Edo to the other(yojijukugo)

noun
the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)(yojijukugo)

noun (temporal)
1.
eight minutes
noun
2.
triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail)
See also:六体
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