八間

はちけん

large hanging paper lantern

八時間制

はちじかんせい

eight-hour day

八八

two eights

八時間労働制

eight-hour working day system

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

八十日間世界一周

はちじゅうにちかんせかいいっしゅう

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)

八十八箇所

はちじゅうはっかしょ

88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)

三八

さんぱち

three and eight

八虐

はちぎゃく

the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law

八福

はちふく

the Beatitudes

八丁

はっちょう

skillfulness

八端

はったん

twilled fabric

八道

はちどう

the 8 districts of feudal Japan