八

February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)

single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

octant (instrument)

fairy pitta (Pitta nympha)

sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

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

Morus kagayamae (species of mulberry)

pouched lamprey (Geotria australis); wide-mouthed lamprey

Mathematics

octonion

the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra

eight-strand braid (rope); single braid

eighty percent

eighth

Yamecha; Yame tea; high-quality tea from the Yame area in Fukuoka

eighth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

eight people

8-mm (film, camera, etc.)

Service

Hachikō Line

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Ba Yi (third chapter of the Analects of Confucius)

Numeric

8000; eight thousand

Common noun

many

being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix

Common noun

180 degrees

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adverb (fukushi)

complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

Colloquial

total lie; downright lie

Oft. used derogatively

everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flunky

flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty