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

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)