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口八丁手八丁くちはっちょうてはっちょうNoun～な Adj.Freq #88735
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Idiomatic expression

both eloquent and skilled

四十八手しじゅうはってNounFreq #90904
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Sumo

the 48 basic techniques

2

every trick in the book

3

Colloquial

the 48 basic sexual positions

はまち魬八町ハマチNounUsually kanaKansai-benFreq #93378
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hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail

黄八丈きはちじょうNounFreq #95857
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yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)

岡目八目傍目八目おかめはちもくNoun四字熟語Freq #108190
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bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation

Examples
彼女が彼に惚れてるのは岡目八目疑いのないところだよ。
As a disinterested third-party, I can declare that she secretly loves him.
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onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see eight moves further ahead

Examples
傍目八目という言葉があるように一度協会から離れて、日本サッカーをみて頂きたい。
Like the saying that things are seen clearest from outside I wish he'd leave the association for a time and take a look at Japanese soccer.
正八面体せいはちめんたいNounFreq #111664
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regular octahedron

七転び八起きななころびやおきNounFreq #114377
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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

2

Idiomatic expression

the vicissitudes of life; the ups and downs of life

かんぱち間八勘八カンパチNounUsually kanaFreq #120706
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greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili); purplish amberjack; greater yellowtail

七難八苦しちなんはっくNounFreq #121507
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Yojijukugo; Buddhism

the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains

2

a series of disasters

８０代八十代はちじゅうだいNounFreq #122428
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(one's) 80s; eighties

南無八幡大菩薩なむはちまんだいぼさつInterjectionExpressionFreq #128395
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O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

腹八分はらはちぶNounFreq #131252
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eating moderately; moderation in eating; eating until 80% full

百八つひゃくやっつFreq #131953
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Numeric

108; one hundred and eight

関東八州かんとうはっしゅうNounFreq #134053
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the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)

二十八宿にじゅうはっしゅくNounFreq #135249
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28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

当たるも八卦当たらぬも八卦あたるもはっけあたらぬもはっけExpressionFreq #141967
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Proverb

a prediction may or may not come true; only god knows what will happen

南総里見八犬伝南總里見八犬傳なんそうさとみはっけんでんNounFreq #142141
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin); Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs; Biographies of Eight Dogs

目八分めはちぶんめはちぶNounFreq #151286
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below eye level

2

about eight-tenths full

弓矢八幡ゆみやはちまんNounFreq #151768
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Shinto

Hachiman, god of war and archery

四通八達しつうはったつNounIntransitive～する Verb四字熟語Freq #153179
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traffic network extending in all directions

亡八忘八ぼうはちNounFreq #158909
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customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues

2

brothel; owner of a brothel

まるはち丸八マルハチNounUsually kanaFreq #167773
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Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)

歌舞伎十八番かぶきじゅうはちばんNounFreq #170225
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repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

百八煩悩ひゃくはちぼんのうNoun四字熟語Freq #175152
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Buddhism

the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions

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