一か八か[ichikabachika] sink or swim
嘘っ八[usoppachi] downright lie
嘘っ八百[usoppappyaku] full of lies
嘘八百[usohappyaku] full of lies
八釜しい[kamabisushii] noisy

口八丁[kuchihacchou] voluble
三十八度線[sanjuuhachidosen] the Thirty-eighth Parallel
四苦八苦[shikuhakku] being in dire distress
四通八達[shitsuuhattatsu] traffic network extending in all directions
四方八方[shihouhappou] in all directions

勾引[kouin] arrest
勾引[kadowakashi] kidnapper
勾引状[kouinjou] summons
勾配[koubai] slope
勾留[kouryuu] detention

勾かす[kadowakasu] to kidnap
勾引す[kadowasu] to kidnap
勾玉[magatama] comma-shaped jewels
急勾配[kyuukoubai] steep slope
勾欄[kouran] railing

一尺[isshaku] approx. 30 cm
滑り尺[suberijaku] slide rule
計算尺[keisanjaku] slide rule
三尺[sanjaku] 3 Japanese feet
三尺の秋水[sanjakunoshuusui] sharpened sword

三尺の童子[sanjakunodouji] mere child
三尺帯[sanjakuobi] waistband
尺貫法[shakkanhou] old Japanese system of weights and measures
尺度[shakudo] linear measure

御手玉[otedama] beanbag
やり玉[yaridama] make an example of
シャボン玉[shabondama] soap bubble
悪玉[akudama] bad character
あめ玉[amedama] candy

一円玉[ichiendama] one-yen coin
烏羽玉[ubatama] jet black
黄碧玉[kouhekigyoku] yellow jasper
火の玉[hinotama] falling star
火玉[hidama] falling star

八尺瓊[yasakani] large jewel
八尺瓊の勾玉[yasakaninomagatama] large jewel
瓊矛[nuhoko] jeweled spear (jewelled)

天の瓊矛[amanonuhoko] Ama no Nuhoko
瓊瓊杵命[niniginomikoto] Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity, grandson of Amaterasu)