五時教

ごじきょう

division of the buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the tendai sect)

九時五時

くじごじ

nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five

八つ時

やつどき

(approx.) 2 o'clock (am or pm)

八時間制

はちじかんせい

eight-hour day

八八

two eights

八時間労働制

eight-hour working day system

五七五

ごしちご

five-seven-five syllable verse (haiku, senryu, etc.)

八八花

はちはちばな

standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)

五

ウー ご いつ い

five

八

はち や

eight; eighth

三三五五

さんさんごご

in groups of twos and threes, in small groups

五分五分

ごぶごぶ

as likely as not, 50-50, even match, tie

五公五民

ごこうごみん

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half

臨時的採用教員

りんじてきさいようきょういん

long-term substitute teacher (filling in for someone on maternity or long-term sick leave)

八十八夜

はちじゅうはちや

eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring

八百八町

はっぴゃくやちょう

the whole enormous extent of Edo, from one side of Edo to the other

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

八百八橋

はっぴゃくやばし

the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)

八重八重

やえやえ

multilayered