(n) Japanese fatsia
Fatsia japonica
eight-fingered-leaf shrub
(n) the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period
(n) (1) (arch) Japan
(2) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke)
(n) (arch) Japan
(n) eighty
(P)
(n) eighty
(n) multilayered
doubled
(P)
(n) the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)
(n,adj-no) (arch) great length
great size
(n) (1) distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm)
(2) small serving dish
(3) var. of thick, traditional Japanese paper
(n) (arch) (obsc) eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Asomi, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)
(n) octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm)
cutting into 8 parts
(n) (1) 8000
(2) many
(n) (1) 8000
(2) many
(n) style of sword fighting
(n,vs) (roads) running in all directions
convenient transportation
ability in any line
(n) twilled fabric
(n) skillfulness
(P)
(n) skillfulness
(n) (arch) Japan
(n) kanji "eight" radical at top
(n) the 8 districts of feudal Japan
(n) (1) the eighth day of the month
(2) eight days
(P)
(n) (1) (abbr) Hachiman (God of War)
(2) (abbr) Hachiman shrine
(adv) (3) (arch) certainly
(P)
(n) (1) eight hundred
(2) multitude
large number
(n) (1) eight hundred
(2) multitude
large number
(n) (Buddh) (abbr) the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
(n) the Beatitudes
(n) (1) eight-tenths
(2) casting someone out
(3) type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
(n-t) (1) eight minutes
(n) (2) triangular-swept clerical script (clerical script whose horizontal lines end in a noticable triangular tail)