朔

さく

first day of the lunar month

朔望

さくぼう

first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)

朔風

さくふう

north wind

正朔

せいさく せいついたち

beginning of the month or the year, New Year's Day, the calendar

晦朔

かいさく

last and first days of the month

朔望月

さくぼうげつ

synodic month

初朔日

はつついたち

first day of the second month

視告朔

こうさく

ceremony where the Emperor would inspect the records of attendance and absence of officials

朔望潮

さくぼうちょう

spring tide

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

綿抜の朔日

わたぬきのついたち

1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

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