Compounds of 八

• 八面体
  (n) octahedron
• 八目鰻
  (n) (uk) lamprey
  lamprey eel
• 八目鏑
  (n) (obsc) eight-holed arrow whistle
• 八郎潟
  (n) Lagoon Hachiro
• 八咫烏
  (n) (1) Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)
  (2) three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
• 八咫鏡
  (n) Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
• 八咫鏡
  (n) Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
• 八哥鳥
  (n) (uk) crested myna (species of mynah bird, Acridotheres cristatellus)
• 腹八分
  (n) eating moderately
• 目八分
  (n) (1) below eye level
  (2) about eight-tenths full
• 目八分
  (n) (1) below eye level
  (2) about eight-tenths full
• 一か八か
  (exp,adj-no) (uk) sink or swim
  high-stakes
  desperate
• 嘘っ八百
  (exp) full of lies
• 永字八法
  (n) the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters
• 岡目八目
  (n) (1) bystander's vantage point
  outsider's better grasp of the situation
  (exp) (2) onlookers see more of the game than the players do
  lit: people watching a game of Go see 8 moves further ahead
• 関東八州
  (n) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
• 弓矢八幡
  (n) god of war
• 胸突八丁
  (n) the most trying spot or period
  the most difficult period
• 熊公八公
  (n) the average Joe
  your average nice guy
  Joe Blow
  Joe Bloggs
• 高峰八座
  (n) eight lofty peaks
• 四苦八苦
  (n,vs) (1) being in dire distress
  being hard put to it
  (2) (Buddh) the four and eight kinds of suffering
• 四十八手
  (exp,n) the 48 basic sumo techniques
  every trick in the book
• 四通八達
  (n,vs) traffic network extending in all directions
• 四方八方
  (n) in all directions
• 七転八起
  (n) the vicissitudes of life
  ups and downs in life
  always rising after a fall or repeated failures
• 七転八起
  (n) the vicissitudes of life
  ups and downs in life
  always rising after a fall or repeated failures
• 七転八倒
  (n,vs) tossing oneself about in great pain
  writhing in agony
• 七転八倒
  (n,vs) tossing oneself about in great pain
  writhing in agony
• 七顛八起
  (n) the vicissitudes of life
  ups and downs in life
  always rising after a fall or repeated failures
• 七顛八倒
  (n,vs) tossing oneself about in great pain
  writhing in agony