[かくめい, kakumei] (n, adj-no) (1) revolution; (2) (See 三革・2, 辛酉) 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou); (P) #1719
[かのと;しん, kanoto ; shin] (n) 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar #8796
[まんようしゅう, manyoushuu] (n) Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry); Japan's oldest anthology of poems #19003
[こうしょう, koushou] (n) (See 十二律, 林鐘) (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)
[はなまつり, hanamatsuri] (n) Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th)
[ごさいえ;みさいえ, gosaie ; misaie] (n) (See 金光明最勝王経) imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
[よなのか, yonanoka] (n) (See 中陰) 28th day after death
[じゅが, juga] (n) long-life celebrations, particularly the 61st, 77th and 88th birthdays
[しゅうさんき, shuusanki] (n, adj-no) (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born
[じゅうごや, juugoya] (n) night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
[しんがい, shingai] (n) 48th of the sexagenary cycle
[しんゆう;かのととり, shinyuu ; kanototori] (n) (See 干支) 58th year of the sexagenary cycle
[ちゃじゅ, chaju] (n) 108th birthday
[ちゅうしゅう;ちゅうじゅう;なかあき(仲秋), chuushuu ; chuujuu ; nakaaki ( chuushuu )] (n) (1) (usu. 中秋) 15th day of the 8th lunar month; (2) (なかあき only) (obs) (See 葉月) eighth month of the lunar calendar
[てんだい, tendai] (n) Buddhist sect (fr. 8th C)
[てんかつきゅう, tenkatsukyuu] (n) Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign); the Scorpion
[のりゆみ, noriyumi] (n) (1) prize archery; (2) imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)
[にほんげんほうぜんあくりょういき, nihongenhouzen'akuryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki
[にほんこくげんほうぜんあくりょういき, nihonkokugenhouzen'akuryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki
[にほんりょういき, nihonryouiki] (n) set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryouiki
[しのぶわげ, shinobuwage] (n) (arch) women's hairstyle (first appearing during the mid-18th century)
[はちぶおんぷ, hachibuonpu] (n) 8th note; (P)
[ふっこしんとう, fukkoshintou] (n) Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)
[よねのいわい, yonenoiwai] (n) longevity celebration for one's 88th year
[べいじゅ, beiju] (n) 88th birthday
[かたつきみ, katatsukimi] (n) moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights
[のわき, nowaki] (n) (1) (See 二百十日, 二百二十日, 台風) late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; (2) name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari
[りんしょう, rinshou] (n) (1) (See 黄鐘・おうしき, 十二律) (in China) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A); (2) sixth lunar month
[かんぶつえ, kanbutsue] (n) Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th lunar month)