八

eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve

Rhizophora mucronata (species of mangrove)

large hanging paper lantern

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana); humpback cowry

Siberian brook lamprey (Lethenteron kessleri); Siberian lamprey

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)

great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri)

Rhabdoblatta yayeyamana (species of cockroach)

star anise (Illicium verum)

Satake palm (Satakentia liukiuensis); Yaeyama palm

tall shield orchid (Nervilia aragoana)

great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit

Idiomatic expression

being besieged by suitors; to be popular; eight suitors for one daughter

Proverb

you're never too old to learn

eight-hour working day system

Buddhism

the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

Buddhism

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)

Slang

autofellatio

fixed match; rigged game

Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language

Tokyo, the prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama, and the cities of Yokohama, Kawasaki, Chiba, and Saitama

yao bhikkhuni; mythical nun who acquired perpetual youth by consuming mermaid flesh