Eight minutes - Hachibu

Japanese: 八分 - はちぶ

〘 noun 〙① Eight times one minute. ② Eight- tenths. Eight-tenths. Eight-tenths. About eight-tenths. By extension, to be modest. ※Joruri, Kamata Hyoe Meisho Sakazuki (c. 1711), Vol. 1, "Mikata Hachibu no Makegun"③ In the Edo period, the sound of a bell chiming the next hour when one -eighths of one hour have passed. Also, the sound of that bell. ※Sakehon, Hitome Dotei (1788), "I heard eight-tenths of ichibu and thought I'd go home, but then a cat started crying because it was starving"④ A type of Sugihara paper that originated in Sugihara, Harima (Hyogo Prefecture ) . ⑤ A type of gambling. A gambling game in which dice are placed face down in a jar. ※Miscellaneous haiku, Yanagi Taru-Roku (1771) "It's eight-tenths, so bring it all in, root and all together."⑥ (Used in the form of "━(o)suru") To ostracize someone. To make someone an outcast. → Village ostracism. ※Miscellaneous haiku, Senryu Hyō Manku-Ago (1767) Sakura-Roku "People who came over here were slaughtered." ※Ukigumo (1887-89)〈Futabatei Shimei〉1 "Usually I would have asked Bunzō, but today I slaughtered eight- tenths , which made Onabe suspicious."

Happun [eighths]

〘Noun〙 The name of a style of Chinese calligraphy. A type of clerical script. It is said to have been created by Cai Yong in the Han dynasty in China, or by Wang Chizhong in the Qin dynasty. Some say it was named after the fact that the style of writing looks like the number eight is dispersed, while others say it was named because it is a style of writing that is a mixture of two parts of seal script and eight parts of clerical script. Eight-part characters . Eight-part script. Eight-part body. *From Seireishu-IV (around 835), Shinshin Gyoso Tohitsuhitsubo: "Instead of myself, it is in the style of small eight-part writing, in the style of copying from a calligraphy book, although I have never seen it before, and I have received oral instruction."

hachi-bun [eighths]

〘Noun〙① One-eighth. Eight equal parts. ※Konjaku (around 1120) Volume 3: "You will divide the Buddha's relics for us equally, so it will be eight parts."② Eight-tenths. ※The Tale of Soga (around the Northern and Southern Courts) Volume 8: "He handed the cup to Juro. As he poured eight parts of the sake, he thought to himself."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 一分(いちぶ)の八倍。② 十分の八。八分通り。八分目。八分ほど。八分くらい。転じて控え目にすること。※浄瑠璃・鎌田兵衛名所盃（1711頃）上「みかた八分のまけ軍」③ 江戸時代、一時(ひととき)を八分目過ぎた頃に、次の時報の鐘をならすこと。また、その鐘の音。※洒落本・一目土堤（1788）「ゑかうゐんの八分を聞てかへろふと思ったらものほしでねこがなきやす」④ 播磨（兵庫県）の杉原で原産した杉原紙の一種。⑤ 賭博(とばく)の一種。賽(さい)を壺の中に伏せて行なう博打(ばくち)。※雑俳・柳多留‐六（1771）「八分だぞ根こそぎはれともんで入れ」⑥ (「━（を）する」の形で用いる) 仲間はずれにすること。のけものにすること。→村八分。※雑俳・川柳評万句合‐明和四（1767）桜六「こし越へ来て人々ははちぶされ」※浮雲（1887‐89）〈二葉亭四迷〉一「何時もならば文三にもと言ふ所を今日は八分(はちブ)したゆゑ、お鍋が不審に思ひ」

はっ‐ぷん【八分】

〘名〙漢字の書体の名。隷書の一種。中国漢代に蔡邕が、または秦代に王次仲がつくり出したという。その書体が八の字が分散しているようであるところから名づけられたとも、また篆書(てんしょ)二分と隷書八分とのまじった書体であるので名づけられたともいう。八分字(はふじ)。八分書。八分体。※性霊集‐四（835頃）進真行草等筆表「自外、八分小書之様、蹋書臨書之式、雖未見作、得具足口授耳」