八百屋【やおや】
greengrocer, fruit and vegetable shop
八つ当たり【やつあたり】
venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
尺八【しゃくはち】
shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
十八【じゅうはち】
18, eighteen
十八番【おはこ】
one's favourite party trick (favorite), one's specialty, one's forte, No. 18, eighteenth, repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
八重桜【やえざくら】
double-flowered cherry tree, double cherry blossoms
八重【やえ】
multilayered, doubled
八方【はっぽう】
all sides, the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions, large hanging lantern
八分音符【はちぶおんぷ】
8th note, eighth note, quaver
八千代【やちよ】
very long period, forever, eight thousand years
八丁【はっちょう】
skillfulness
八本【はちほん】
eight (long cylindrical things)
八幡宮【はちまんぐう】
Shrine of the God of War
八百長【やおちょう】
match fixing, put-up job, fixed game
二八【にはち】
sixteen
四苦八苦【しくはっく】
being in dire distress, being hard put to it, being hard pressed (for money), the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
八百万【やおよろず】
myriad, countless things
八景【はっけい】
eight picturesque sights
八千草【やちぐさ】
variety of plants, various herbs
村八分【むらはちぶ】
ostracism, complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)
