手八丁口八丁

てはっちょうくちはっちょう

eloquent and skilled (worker)

口八丁手八丁

both eloquent and skilled

口も八丁手も八丁

くちもはっちょうてもはっちょう

both eloquent and skilled

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

手八丁

てはっちょう

eloquence, cleverness in speaking

八丁味噌

はっちょうみそ

hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture

八つ口

やつくち やっつぐち

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

胸突き八丁

むなつきはっちょう

the most trying spot or period, the most difficult period

身八つ口

みやつぐち

small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

丁

てい ひのと ちょう

counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.

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

丁未

ひのとひつじ ていび

44th of the sexagenary cycle

落丁

らくちょう

missing pages

丁巳

ひのとみ ていし

54th of the sexagenary cycle

丁丑

ひのとのうし ていちゅう

fourteenth of the sexagenary cycle

丁寧

ていねい

polite, courteous, civil

乱丁

らんちょう

pages out of order