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)

八頭身

はっとうしん

beautiful well-proportioned woman (body 8 times longer than head)

八つ

やっつ やつ

eight

お八つ

おやつ

between-meal snack

八つ橋

やつはし やっつきょう

type of sweet made with bean paste (local delicacy in Kyoto), cinnamon-seasoned cracknel (cookie)

八つ手

やつで

Japanese fatsia, Fatsia japonica, eight-fingered-leaf shrub

百八つ

ひゃくやっつ

108, one hundred and eight

八つ時

やつどき

(approx.) 2 o'clock (am or pm)

八つ頭

やつがしら やっつあたま

form of taro, yam

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)

八つ子

やつご

octuplet

四つ身

よつみ

kimono made for young children

身一つ

みひとつ

one's body alone, lacking possessions

一つ身

ひとつみ

baby clothes

三つ身

みつみ みっつみ

toddler clothes (by children after age 3, before age 5), baby clothes

八八

two eights

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

八つ裂き

やつざき

tearing limb from limb, tearing apart, cutting (a person) to pieces

八つ切り

やつぎり やっつぎり

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm), cutting into 8 parts