八
ハチ • ハツ
や • や.つ • やっ.つ • よう
eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Words
五時八教
ごじはっきょう
- division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) n Buddh
八白
はっぱく
- eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east) n
八専
はっせん
- 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) n
八将神
はちしょうじん はちしょうしん
- the eight gods who preside over the lucky/unlucky directions of the koyomi for each year n
八箇年
はちかねん
- octennial; recurring every eight years adj-f