Meanings

traffic network extending in all directions

not giving up

shakuhachi

eighteen

ostracism

(roads) running in all directions

sixteen

yatsuhashi

tearing limb from limb

nearly

the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)

Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku)

double blossom

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten

greengrocer

8th note

octavo (book format)

in all directions

8th day of the month

eight