岡目八目

おかめはちもく

bystander's vantage point, outsider's better grasp of the situation

シベリア八目

シベリアやつめ シベリアヤツメ

Siberian brook lamprey (Lethenteron kessleri), Siberian lamprey

八目鏑

やつめかぶら

eight-holed arrow whistle

川八目

かわやつめ カワヤツメ

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

砂八目

すなやつめ スナヤツメ

Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri), sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)

袋八目

ふくろやつめ フクロヤツメ

pouched lamprey (Geotria australis), wide-mouthed lamprey

目八分

めはちぶん めはちぶ

below eye level

八分目

はちぶめ はちぶんめ

eight-tenths

八つ目鰻

やつめうなぎ ヤツメウナギ やっつめうなぎ

lamprey, lamprey eel

腹八分目

はらはちぶんめ

being moderate in eating, stopping short of stuffing oneself

八十日目

やっとかめ

a long time (since the last time), it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)

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