比良八荒

ひらはっこう

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

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

荒む

すさむ

to grow wild, to run to waste

荒荷

あらに

bulk cargo, bulk freight

口荒

くちあら

rough speaking

荒れ

あれ

stormy weather, tempest, chaps (of skin)

凶荒

きょうこう

poor crops, famine

荒い

あらい

rough, rude, wild

荒壁

あらかべ

rough-coated wall

荒茶

aracha; unprocessed tea; unrefined tea; crude tea

荒縄

あらなわ

straw rope

荒び

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation