gate;  branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master;  division;  phylum;  counter for cannons
 speciality;  specialty;  subject of study;  expert;  area of expertise
 gatekeeper;  door guard;  doorman;  concierge;  janitor
 specialist;  expert;  professional;  authority;  pundit
 division (of a larger group);  branch;  field;  class (subclass);  group;  category
 noted family;  noble family;  prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
 before the gate;  in front of the gate
 family;  clan;  sect;  school;  group of related sumo stables
 barrier;  checkpoint;  gateway;  hurdle;  obstacle;  trial
 technical (e.g. discussion);  exclusive;  professional
 closing time;  lockup;  curfew
 sluice gate;  water gate;  flood gate
 specialist shop;  shop specializing in a few types of product
 emperor (of Japan);  mikado;  (the gates of an) imperial residence
 the northeastern (unlucky) direction;  person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate;  weak point;  Achilles' heel
 entering an institution;  beginning training;  primer;  manual;  introduction (to)
 expulsion (of a pupil);  excommunication;  anathema
 military family;  warrior class
 outside of one's area of expertise
 vocational school;  technical school
 turning another away at the gate or front door;  refusing to receive a caller
 pupil;  disciple;  follower
 one's pupil;  one's student;  one's follower
 gunport;  embrasure;  muzzle
 disciple;  pupil;  follower
 gatekeeper;  doorman;  porter
 technical book;  specialized book;  treatise
 area of expertise;  (one's) field;  (one's) line
 outsider;  layman;  amateur
 lineage;  pedigree;  good family
 outside a gate;  beyond one's area of expertise
 (treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
 to knock at the gate;  to request an apprenticeship;  to ask to be made a pupil
 large triple gate to temple
 expertise;  special knowledge;  technical knowledge;  expert knowledge
 closing of a gate;  (Edo-period) house confinement
 side gate;  side door;  service entrance
 Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
 professional job;  profession
 the strait gate (in the Bible);  the narrow gate;  high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.);  difficult hurdle;  difficulty
 to capitulate;  to surrender;  to submit to;  to concede
 (in the) style of a gate;  gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.);  kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
 primer;  manual;  introductory book
 gate of a (Shinto) shrine
 arch of triumph;  triumphal arch
 follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners);  believer
 gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture);  central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple);  central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)
 (religious) denomination;  sect
 shramana (wandering monk)
 gateway to success;  opening to honours;  opening to honors
 town originally built around a temple or shrine
 specialization;  specialty;  speciality;  expertise
 small gate;  side gate;  wicket gate;  side door
 family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
 to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
 (head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect;  temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family;  (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
 two-storied gate;  tower gate
 specialist journal;  specialized magazine;  specialised magazine
 main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
 specialist training;  upper-level course
 expertise;  special skills
 specialization;  specialisation
 Hamaguri Rebellion (1864);  Kinmon incident
 doorplate;  nameplate;  gate pass
 Deva gate;  temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings;  temple gate of the Nio
 technical training;  professional education
 Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
 you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
 red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
 Zen;  entering the path of Zen
 beginner;  newcomer;  novice;  new pupil;  new disciple
 beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
 spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
 division of a religious sect;  branch of a school
 special (specialized, specialised) subject
 expert (technical) knowledge;  expertise
 the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
 anal sex;  anal intercourse
 a pass allowing one through a gate
 unlucky quarter (southwest)
 technical journal (periodical, magazine)
 to close the door (to);  to shut the door (to);  to exclude
 Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste);  Brahmanism;  priest of Brahmanism
 pylorus;  opening of stomach into duodenum
 person who is ignorant outside his field
 bloodline;  lineage;  family;  clan
 gate for important persons;  gate of honor
 karamon;  large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)
 proctology department;  proctology clinic;  proctology
 unprofitable department;  loss-making division;  loss-making segment
 head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
 main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
 bedroom entrance;  bedroom;  home;  family life;  household
 house arrest;  being placed in confinement at home
 Avalokitesvara Sutra;  Kannon Sutra
 you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
 to keep a fine house;  to put up a front;  to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)
 advisory committee;  committee of experts;  advisory panel
 style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
 corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
 between the devil and the deep sea;  out of the frying pan into the fire
 Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
 main gate;  front gate;  latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha
 Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
 study;  scholarship;  learning;  discipline;  branch of learning;  (a) science
 government office;  public office
 small gate in a mud or stone wall
 Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)
 Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
 to have many visitors (of a home);  to be prosperous (of a shop)
 specialist newspaper;  trade journal;  specialist journal
 imperial envoy gate;  temple gate used by imperial envoy
 great and powerful person
 service sector;  tertiary sector
 wicket (e.g. in cricket);  castle;  stumps
 disciple of Confucius;  Confucian school
 corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
 beautifully decorated gate;  female genitalia
 soft spot (in the skull of an infant);  fontanelle;  fontanel;  gates of Hades;  entrance to the underworld
 words can lead to disaster;  the tongue is the root of calamities;  the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
 painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)
 Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989);  Tiananmen Square Incident
 Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
 expert committee;  technical committee
 enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction);  enter ye in at the strait gate
 cardiologist;  heart specialist
 house arrest;  being placed in confinement at home
 alumni of Waseda University
 Panmunjon (Korea);  Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)
 having a constant stream of visitors;  being thronged with callers
 Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)
 Ōtenmon conspiracy;  political incident in 866 CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace
 group of specialists;  group of experts
 magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
 Chelicerata;  suborder comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs
 first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being
 Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
 thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house);  my home
 internal division;  back-office section;  indirect department
 good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
 Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
 specialist outpatient department
 (a house) looking deserted with few visitors; (lit.) sparrow net in front of the gate
 Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
 Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
 Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)
 Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)
 Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)
 gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
 ten disciples of Confucius
 reduced to skin and bones
 (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile
 bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited
 crow;  Mr Crow;  tanned person;  dark-skinned person; (arch.)  being penniless
 meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping;  meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)
 obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables
 Deuterostomia (superphylum of animals)
 anal bleeding;  bleeding of the anus
 Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
 Lophotrochozoa (superphylum of protostome animals)
 specialized classification system
 Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
 Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants);  Angiospermae
 Pinophyta;  division comprising the conifers
 pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital
 good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
 ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)
 between the devil and the deep sea;  out of the frying pan into the fire
 Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
 transformational component
 to be (practically) deserted;  to have no visitors; (lit.) to set a sparrow net in front of the gate
 Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
 Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)
 Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
 Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
 Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)
 Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
 public sector (as opposed to private sector)
 karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back
 Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
 single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars
 anal character (in psychoanalysis)
 Chlorophyta;  division of green algae
 technical glossary;  terminology
 Sanmonto sect (of Shin Buddhism)
 endodontist;  root-canal specialist
 influential family;  the man in power
 five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
 dried Chinese asparagus root
 incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Sumatra)
 Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
 mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return
 five approaches to meditation;  five objects of meditation
 small gate in a mud or stone wall
 gathering of excellent and capable people
 ear, nose and throat specialist
 anal valve;  valvulae anales
 book in specialized field;  book in specialised field
 Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
 Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)