八

variety of plants; various herbs

Buddhism

eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness)

Abbreviation

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

the eight virtues

octagonal prism

the eight directions; the whole land; the whole world

thick black silk from Hachijo Island

crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard; pern

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

18-carat gold

eight minutes

八分 only

triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticeable triangular tail)

the national boundaries

the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period

the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the traditional calendar for each year (in Onmyōdō)

Martial arts

eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang

Sports

quarterfinal round; final eight

Abbreviation

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

Mathematics

octal; base 8

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

eloquence; cleverness in speaking

Word usually written using kana alone

thick patch of mixed weeds

false cleavers (species of bedstraw, Galium spurium var. echinospermon)

striped Hachijo silk cloth

octagonal mirror

Buddhism

eighteen components of perception (six sense objects, six sense faculties, six sense consciousnesses)