| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 八 | はち | eight |
| 八つ | やっつ | eight things |
| 十八 | じゅうはち | eighteen |
| 八日 | ようか | the 8th day |
| 八百屋 | やおや | greengrocer |
| 八百 | はっぴゃく | 800 |
| 百八十度 | ひゃくはちじゅうど | 180 degrees |
| 三十八度線 | さんじゅうはちどせん | the Thirty-eighth Parallel |
| 八丁 | はっちょう | skillfulness |
| 八分音符 | はちぶおんぷ | 8th note |
| 八十 | はちじゅう, やそ | eighty |
| 八幡 | はちまん | Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; certainly |
| 八月 | はちがつ | August |
| 八朔 | はっさく | Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar) |
| 八紘 | はっこう | the eight directions, the whole land, the whole world |
| 八紘一宇 | はっこういちう | universal brotherhood, all eight corners of the world under one roof |
| 八郎潟 | はちろうがた | Lagoon Hachiro |
| 八重 | やえ | multilayered, doubled |
| 八重桜 | やえざくら | double-flowered cherry tree, double cherry blossoms |
| 八面玲瓏 | はちめんれいろう | beautiful from all sides, perfect serenity, affability |
| 胸突き八丁 | むなつきはっちょう | the most trying spot or period, the most difficult period |