八

Organization name

Maruhachi Securities

not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds

full of lies

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

Go (game)

six die but eight live

common myna (Acridotheres tristis); Indian myna; common mynah; Indian mynah

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

Buddhism

the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

Buddhism

the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)

Slang

autofellatio

Siberian brook lamprey (Lethenteron kessleri); Siberian lamprey

Idiomatic expression

to humbly implore; to beg profusely

Idiomatic expression

being besieged by suitors; to be popular; eight suitors for one daughter

Internet

being delisted or censored by the Google search engine (of a website)

Numeric

28; twenty eight

２８ only; Colloquial; Numeric; As 28時, 28:00, etc.

4am

118 (maritime emergency telephone number in Japan)

Proverb

every person has their eccentricities

Historical term

the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō and Shūei)

Historical term

chee fah; chiffa; gambling game in which players buy a lined paper with 36 words on it and try and guess the word the dealer has chosen

sixteen

Rare term

center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas)

Abbreviation; Ancient name appearing in the Kojiki

Japan

Ancient name appearing in the Kojiki

Japan

the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals