お七夜[oshichiya] name-giving ceremony
七つ[nanatsu] seven
七つの海[nanatsunoumi] the seven seas
七屋[nanatsuya] pawnshop
七回忌[shichikaiki] seventh anniversary of a death

七角形[shichikakkei] heptagon
七曲がり[nanamagari] tortuous or spiral (path)
七月[shichigatsu] July
七賢[shichiken] the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects)

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

一念発起[ichinenhokki] being resolved to (do something)
引き起す[hikiokosu] to cause
縁起[engi] omen
喚起[kanki] arousal
起きる[okiru] to get up

起上る[okiagaru] to rise
起す[okosu] to raise
起こり得る[okoriuru] to be possible to occur
起る[okoru] to occur
起つ[tatsu] to rise up

七顛八起[nanakorobiyaoki] the vicissitudes of life
顛覆[tenpuku] capsizing
顛落[tenraku] fall
顛末[tenmatsu] circumstance
動顛[douten] being upset

主客顛倒[shukakutentou] reversing the order of (relative) importance (of)
本末顛倒[honmatsutentou] failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of)
七顛八倒[shittenbattou] tossing oneself about in great pain
顛倒[tentou] falling down
山顛[santen] mountaintop