八月大名

はちがつだいみょう

the 8th month has the least work for farmers

八八

two eights

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

月

がつ げつ つき

moon

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

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

三八

さんぱち

three and eight

八虐

はちぎゃく

the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law

八福

はちふく

the Beatitudes

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

八端

はったん

twilled fabric

八道

はちどう

the 8 districts of feudal Japan

八戒

はっかい はちかい

prohibitions against

八景

はっけい

eight picturesque sights