Dictionary: “八”

all sides;the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions

skillfulness

venting one's anger (on someone or something);taking out one's anger on

greengrocer;fruit and vegetable shop

very long period;forever

multilayered;doubled

8th note;eighth note;quaver

double-flowered cherry tree;double cherry blossoms

Hachiman (god of war)

eight thousand years

jack of all trades

large hanging lantern

Hachiman shrine

certainly

August

eighth month of the lunar calendar

eighty;80

eight

match fixing;put-up job;fixed game

myriad;countless things

eight (long cylindrical things)

eight picturesque sights

shrine dedicated to Hachiman;Hachiman shrine

variety of plants;various herbs

eight years of age

two o'clock (old time system)

8th day of the month

eight days

eight

eight-armed scoop net

eight-tenths

Octans (constellation);the Octant

Yatsugatake Museum of Art

two o'clock (old time system)

eighty percent

yatsuhashi

a long time (since the last time);it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

many islands

nearly;almost

eight times eight

hatcho miso

octonion

eight-tenths

octant (instrument)

standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)

chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana);humpback cowry

lamprey;lamprey eel

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

tearing limb from limb;tearing apart;cutting (a person) to pieces