八（はち）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: 8 (eight)
Etymology
Loanword from Chinese “bā”.
Example sentences
- 八月は毎日とても暑い。 — It's very hot every day in August.
- この店は朝八時に開く。 — This store opens at eight in the morning.
Idioms & proverbs containing “八”
- 鬼も十八 (おにもじゅうはち) — even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
- 八十の手習い (はちじゅうのてならい) — you're never too old to learn
- 桃栗三年柿八年 (ももくりさんねんかきはちねん) — it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
- 鬼も十八番茶も出花 (おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな) — just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
- 腹八分目に医者いらず (はらはちぶんめにいしゃいらず) — eating moderately keeps the doctor away
- 無くて七癖有って四十八癖 (なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせ) — every person has their eccentricities
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