八

49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain)

Word usually written using kana alone

thick patch of mixed weeds

false cleavers (species of bedstraw, Galium spurium var. echinospermon)

Nagoya (and surrounding areas) dialect

a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

striped Hachijo silk cloth

octagonal mirror

staring at or watching all sides

the 8th month (of the lunar calendar) is the quietest for farmers

distant seas

Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend)

Rare term

thicket from which one cannot escape; maze

Rare term

getting lost; being unable to find a way out

Noun or verb acting prenominally

octennial; recurring every eight years

layers of clouds

lamprey; lamprey eel

eight times eight

hattengu; tengu said to live among the 8 mountains of Atago, Hira, Daisen, Ōmine, Kurama, Iizuna, Hiko, and Shiramine

lining for cuffs and hem of a kimono

octagonal pyramid

Yagi-Uda antenna

age eighty; one's eighties

Yagi antenna

Mathematics

octal numeral system; octal notation

eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing)

(roads) running in all directions; convenient transportation; ability in any line

Hanafuda

standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)

many kinds