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八
eloquent and skilled (worker)
Nagoya (and surrounding areas) dialect
a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
So named because all strokes are found in the character 永
Eight Principles of Yong; principles for writing the eight basic brush strokes in Chinese characters
Proverb
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Proverb; Abbreviation
even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers
Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)
Rare term
thicket from which one cannot escape; maze
Rare term
getting lost; being unable to find a way out
Buddhism
division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)
Seishun 18 ticket; seasonally available railway ticket for 5 days of unlimited travel on non-Shinkansen JR trains
Buddhism
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
Idiomatic expression
both eloquent and skilled
Proverb
eating moderately keeps the doctor away
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
From the names of two stock characters in rakugo
the average Joe; the man in the street
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