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eighteen

Hachiman (God of War) ②Hachiman shrine ③certainly

Hachiōji (city)

being torn to pieces

the 108 kleshas

Great Bodhisattva Hachiman (title of Hachiman due to Shinto-Buddhist syncretism)

competent in all fields

The Eight Greater Hells

being moderate in eating

ostracism ②complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)

eating moderately

shakuhachi ②blow job

the 8 districts of feudal Japan

Shrine of the God of War

eight faces

eight-tenths

large two-wheeled wagon

god of war

it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit

greengrocer ②jack of all trades

thick clouds ②classical Japanese poetry

venting one's anger (on someone or something)

tearing limb from limb

very long period ②eight thousand years

match fixing

Japan

yatsuhashi ②zigzag bridge

not giving up ②the vicissitudes of life

all the gods and goddesses

double tooth

myriad

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) ②three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

octuplet ②eight-year-old child

double-flowered cherry tree

multilayered

form of taro

great length

many islands

indiscriminately

eight trigrams ②divination

Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku) ②1st of August (lunar calendar)

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

skillfulness

eight trigrams palm

all sides ②large hanging lantern

octagon ②star anise (Illicium verum) ③sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)

being boxed in on all sides

tossing oneself about in great pain

being in dire distress ②the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

in all directions

the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)

voluble

everybody's friend ②flawlessly beautiful woman

eight-sided shape

pack of lies

8000 years

distance of eight sun (approx. 24 cm) ②dish or tray of this size (esp. used in kaiseki cuisine to serve several kinds of delicacies) ③variety of thick, traditional Japanese paper

babaocai

leap up from the initial charge in order to surprise the opponent ②(Minamoto Yoshitsune's legendary) eight ship leap

eight ②eight years of age ③two o'clock (old time system)

108

the average Joe

Japanese pirate ship (of the Middle Ages)

Hachinohe Institute of Technology

octavo (book format)

eight-holed arrow whistle

eighth (place, position, etc.) ②having eight eyes ③(of a fabric) having a loose knit ④lamprey

eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)

single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars

sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)

eight-strand braid (rope)

Yatsugatake Museum of Art

Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)

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