八八花

はちはちばな

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

八

はち や

eight; eighth

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

八十八夜

はちじゅうはちや

eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring

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)

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

八重八重

やえやえ

multilayered

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)

八つ

やっつ やつ

eight

八日

ようか

the eighth day of the month

八手

はちて

fatsi (Fatsia japonica); paperplant; Japanese aralia

八達

はったつ はちたち

(roads) running in all directions, convenient transportation, ability in any line

八州

はっしゅう はちしゅう

Japan

八省

はっしょう

the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system)

八重

やえ はちじゅう

multilayered, doubled

八洲

やしま はちしゅう

Japan

八端

はったん

twilled fabric

間八

かんぱち

greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili), purplish amberjack, greater yellowtail

二八

にはち にっぱち

February and August (times of slow business, sluggish sales, etc.)