八

Numeric

8,000,000; eight million

tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony

indiscriminately; recklessly

competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; 8 faces and 6 arms

Shinto

all the gods and goddesses; all the deities

eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself

afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

Idiomatic expression

both eloquent and skilled

to try all possible means

Sumo

the 48 basic techniques

every trick in the book

Colloquial

the 48 basic sexual positions

the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other

はちまんしせん／八万四千 only; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Buddhism

many

Numeric

84,000

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation

onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead

regular octahedron

Idiomatic expression; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight

Idiomatic expression

the vicissitudes of life; the ups and downs of life

to find a solution (after struggle)

Yojijukugo; Buddhism

the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains

a series of disasters

Music

8th note; eighth note; quaver

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

Buddhism

The Eight Greater Hells

28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)