八
ハチ • ハツ
や • や.つ • やっ.つ • よう
eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Words
天竜八部衆
てんりゅうはちぶしゅう
- the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas) n Buddh
八大明王
はちだいみょうおう
- eight great wisdom kings (Acala, Kundali, Mezu, Munosho, Trilokavijaya, Ucchusma, Vajrayaksa, Yamantaka) n Buddh
鬼も十八番茶も出花
おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな
- just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth exp proverb
桃栗三年柿八年
ももくりさんねんかきはちねん
- it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight exp proverb
八つ時
やつどき
- (approx.) two o'clock (am or pm, old time system) n arch