八咫烏

やたがらす

Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition)

八咫

やあた やた

eight ata (approx. 144 cm)

八咫鏡

やたのかがみ やたかがみ

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

咫

あた た

distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)

咫尺

しせき

very short distance

烏

からす カラス

crow, raven

烏の足跡

からすのあしあと

crow's feet (wrinkles)

烏合の衆

うごうのしゅう

disorderly crowd, mob

烏の行水

からすのぎょうずい

quick bath

屋烏の愛

おくうのあい

true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

闇夜の烏

やみよのからす

something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night

八八

two eights

寒烏

かんがらす

crow in winter

烏兎

うと

sun and moon

烏紙

からすがみ からすし

coarse dark-brown paper

烏金

からすがね

money lent at daily interest

烏口

からすぐち

ruling pen

烏丸

うがん

Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)

河烏

かわがらす カワガラス かわからす

brown dipper (Cinclus pallasii)