八達

はったつ はちたち

(roads) running in all directions, convenient transportation, ability in any line

通達

つうたつ

notification, directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration)

四十八手

しじゅうはって よんじゅうはちて

every trick in the book

四方八方

しほうはっぽう

in all directions

四苦八苦

しくはっく

the four and eight kinds of suffering

八万四千

はちまんしせん

many

四国八十八箇所

しこくはちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)

同文通達

どうぶんつうたつ どうぶんつうたち

(Papal) encyclical

下達上通

かたつじょうつう

conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers, rulers apprehending the views of those they govern

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

達

たち だち ダチ

friend

四

し よん よ スー

four

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