Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of はっく – see the following entries.
八苦
[noun] (Buddhism) 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
白駒
[noun] a white horse (horse with a white coat)
[noun] years, passing of time, time
[noun] (shogi) white horse (a piece in chu shogi and larger shogi variants)
(This term, はっく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)