八つ手網

やつであみ やつでもう

eight-armed scoop net

八手

はちて

fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

手八丁

てはっちょう

eloquence, cleverness in speaking

八つ

やっつ やつ

eight

手八丁口八丁

てはっちょうくちはっちょう

eloquent and skilled (worker)

口八丁手八丁

both eloquent and skilled

四十八手

しじゅうはって よんじゅうはちて

every trick in the book

お八つ

おやつ

between-meal snack

八つ橋

やつはし やっつきょう

type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto), cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie)

身八つ

みやつ

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

百八つ

ひゃくやっつ

108, one hundred and eight

八つ時

やつどき

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

八つ頭

やつがしら やっつあたま

form of taro, yam

八つ口

やつくち やっつぐち

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

八つ子

やつご

octuplet

口も八丁手も八丁

くちもはっちょうてもはっちょう

both eloquent and skilled

八八

two eights

八つ目鰻

やつめうなぎ ヤツメウナギ やっつめうなぎ

lamprey, lamprey eel

八つ裂き

やつざき

tearing limb from limb, tearing apart, cutting (a person) to pieces