bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
stringing a bow; person who strings bows; crescent moon; paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
bowing (a string instrument)
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against
catalpa bow; spirit bow; bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood
bow with a heavy draw weight; someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward
(arch.) archer (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
paper lantern with bow-shaped handle
(ceremonial) bow used to drive off evil; toy bow and arrow
prize archery; imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
archer (character, in anime, video games, etc.); bowman
the world is at peace; (lit.) bows in bags and swords in sheaths
up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
spindle tree; euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
bowyery; bow making; bowcraft
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
kanji "bow" radical at left
tool for willowing cotton
archery ground; archery gallery
short-bow archery contest