noun:

• eighth (place, position, etc.) - abbreviation
• having eight eyes; having many eyes
• (of a fabric) having a loose knit
• lamprey ➜ 八目鰻
• eight-holed arrow whistle ➜ 八目鏑

noun:

• retainer; attendant - archaism
• Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight) ［おみ］ ➜ 八色の姓
• I; me ［しん］ - used by a servant when speaking to their master - humble language

noun:

• the eighth day of the month
• eight days

noun / ~する noun:

• being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
• the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦

noun:

• twenty-eighth day of the month
• twenty-eight days

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• below eye level
• about eight-tenths full

noun:

• commander-in-chief
• one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun:

• Japan - archaism ➜ 八洲
• eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) ➜ 関八州

noun:

• octuplet ［八つ子］
• eight-year-old child

noun:

• Lord (title of respect for nobility, etc.) - archaism - honorific language
• Sukune (third highest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• bow (and arrow)
• unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet)
• unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)