expression / noun:

• universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof - WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination - four character idiom

noun:

• Parascylliidae; family of collared carpet sharks containing eight species and two genera

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• eightband butterflyfish (Chaetodon octofasciatus); eight-striped butterflyfish

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• octennial; recurring every eight years

noun:

• quarterfinal round; final eight - Sports term

noun:

• customer at a brothel; john; someone who has forgotten the eight virtues ➜ 八徳
• brothel; owner of a brothel

expression:

• being besieged by suitors; to be popular; eight suitors for one daughter [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism - Buddhism term ➜ 奈落【ならく】

noun / ~する noun:

• not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

• the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar) ➜ 月見

noun:

• Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓
• you (referring to someone of lower status) ［まうと・もうと］

noun:

• primitive shrine (originally a swath of sacred land surrounded by evergreens; later a decorated sakaki branch on an eight-legged table) - archaism

noun:

• Asomi (second highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器

noun:

• Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• Sañjīva (one of the Eight Greater Hells); hell of being torn to pieces and revived over and over - Buddhism term ➜ 八大地獄【はちだいじごく】

noun:

• (in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)

noun:

• bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

noun:

• center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas) - obscure term

expression:

• for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

noun:

• Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells) - Buddhism term

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月