八咫

やあた やた

eight ata (approx. 144 cm)

八咫烏

やたがらす

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

八咫の烏

やたのからす

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

咫

あた た

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

八角鏡

はっかくきょう

octagonal mirror

八卦鏡

はっけきょう

bagua mirror (mirror used in divination in fengshui); pa kua mirror

咫尺

しせき

very short distance

八八

two eights

鏡

かがみ

mirror, looking-glass

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

鏡筒

きょうとう

lens-barrel, lens tube (e.g. of a telescope)

鏡台

きょうだい

dresser

鏡餅

かがみもち

mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.