八

uranium-238 (U-238)

soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

Abbreviation

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

38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)

88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)

thick black silk from Hachijo Island

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

18-carat gold

eight minutes

八分 only

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

Colloquial

(sense of) desperation

being torn to pieces

the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period

Abbreviation

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

Sports

quarterfinal round; final eight

Mathematics

octal; base 8

uncultured but well-intentioned person; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs

eloquence; cleverness in speaking

Arisaka Type 38 rifle

eloquent and skilled (worker)

So named because all strokes are found in the character 永

Eight Principles of Yong; principles for writing the eight basic brush strokes in Chinese characters

Proverb

it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight

Buddhism

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

Proverb; Abbreviation

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

Buddhism

division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)