法ほう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. law; act; principle
2. method
3. mood
4. dharma; law
Kanji used
law
Pitch accent
ほ
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Top 2200
Used in vocabulary (862 in total)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
law; legislation; act
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
vestment; priest's robe
Pope; Buddha
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
method of treatment; cure; remedy
technique
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
art of war; strategy; tactics
art of war; strategy; tactics
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
bill (law); measure
legal; lawful; legitimate
(process of) elimination
dialectic; dialectics
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
method of cooking; way of cooking; cooking technique; recipe
solution; way out
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
holy law (esp. sharia)
power of Buddhism
forensic medicine; forensic pathology; medical jurisprudence; legal medicine
Buddhist memorial service
way of using (something); usage; use; directions (for use)
etiquette; courtesy; manners
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
(key to) solution
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
code of law; body of law
surefire way to win
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
faculty of law; school of law; college of law
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
criminal law; penal code
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
practising law; legal processes in running a country; method; way; magic
how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage
Buddhist memorial service
directions; instructions; usage method
international law; law of nations
law; jurisprudence
Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons
corporation; corporate body; company; legal entity; legal person; juridical person
religious ecstasy; religious exultation; ecstasy; rapture
to violate the law
breathing techniques; breath control
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
usage; way to use; utilization
way of cooking; cookery; recipe
calendar; calendar system
default legal speed limit (in Japan, 60 km/h for cars on ordinary roads, 100 km/h on highways); national speed limit
legislation; laws
method of construction
magic; witchcraft; sorcery
running style
farming methods
legislation; development of laws
how to keep fit; how to stay healthy; health management method
change in the law; legal reform
prohibition law; dry law; Prohibition (in the United States, 1920-1933)
to observe the law
induction; inductive method
protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording
law department; law school
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
negative statute; law against something
expression method; how to express oneself; phrasing
way of playing (an instrument); style of playing; playing technique
mysteries; excellent methods; marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra
universe; realm of thought; underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
legal principle
ritual implements
important law; fundamental law
Buddhist law; Buddhist teaching
dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena)
(Japanese) Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
convenient; useful; handy; helpful
court dress; judge's robe; judge's gown; clerical robe; priest's robe; monastic robe
art of drawing and painting
fundamental law; basic law; organic law
civil law (legal system); continental law
doctrinal discussion; jurisprudence
the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine
legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney
parlance; manner of speaking; art of conversation; narration; speech; discourse
law and politics; justice administration
Bachelor of Laws; LL.B.
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
method of operation; operating procedure
attacking method; attacking strategy
jurist; lawyer; legal scholar
batting style; batting form; swing; way of striking the ball; way of swinging the racket
Buddhist sermon
way of throwing (esp. in baseball); throwing technique; pitching technique
method of manipulating; management method; puppeteering
state law (e.g. in the US); state statute
Act on the Protection of Personal Information
shooting technique; archery technique
high priest
clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha
constitutional government
vocalization; vocalisation
art of living; way of life
precautionary measures
classification system; classification method
metric system
philosophy of law
federal law; federal legislation
carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution; practice of Buddhism; Buddhist training
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted; magic
text of the law
pharmacotherapy; drug therapy; medication
Buddhist sermon
teaching methodology; pedagogy
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
binary number system; base-2
existing law; existing laws; laws in force
Lamaze technique
all existing things (formed and formless)
Medical Practitioners' Act
regulation; legislation
teachings of Buddha; teaching method; way of teaching
legal interpretation; statutory interpretation
taxation law
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
manipulation techniques (e.g. puppets); handling techniques
observance of the Buddha's teachings
municipal (civic) law; domestic law; national law
Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures; Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation
method of measurement
family code
beauty regimen; beauty treatment; cosmetic technique
priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name
to preach the truth
inspection method; examination method; testing method
conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese
Minister of Justice
way of learning; way of studying; way of mastering
notation; orthography; writing system; representation
Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)
Act Regulating the Receipt of Contributions, the Receipt of Deposits, and Interest Rates
press law; publication law
reductio ad absurdum
special law; special exception law
lawyer; legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)
meditation method; contemplation technique
(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice
(method of) deduction
(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice
pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission
regeneration process; rehabilitation method; recovery
preaching place
ceremony; manners
sampling (e.g. for a survey); extraction method
Attorneys-at-Law Act; Lawyer Act
Civil Aeronautics Law; Aviation Law
subjunctive mood
means of diagnosis
common law; customary law (in international law)
Self-Defense Forces Act
labor law; labour law
Interest Rate Restriction Act
sound of sutra chanting
Labor Standards Act
local subsidiary
personification
same law; the (said) law; same method; the (said) method
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR
word usage; terminology
constitutional state
old law; old method
differentiation
perspective drawing; (use of) perspective
great teachings (of the Buddha); teachings of the Mahayana; most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism)
royal decree
dyeing method; staining technique
Buddhist sermon
contraceptive method or measures
written law; statutory law
Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation
copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
hygiene; (rules of) health
dialectic; dialectics
direct method (of teaching foreign languages); natural method; direct method (crystallography); indicative mood
(a) source of law
Police Act; police laws; laws governing police
lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)
penmanship; calligraphy
equality before the law; equality under the law
rules and customs handed down over the generations
Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)
legal personality; juridical personality; corporate status; non-person legal entity
corporate law; company law; Companies Act
just law; proper method; the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law
Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
Islamic law; sharia law
hemostatic method; styptic treatment; stanching
regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order
immigration law
Family Registration Law
legal norm; legal standard
drawing; draftsmanship; draughtsmanship; projection
private law
time convention; way of dividing day into hours; hour system
Act on Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access
law reform proposal; law reform bill
Act on Regulation and Punishment of Acts Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children
punctuation rules
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
rhythm method (for conceiving); calendar method
case method; case study method
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
investigative approach; research method; survey method
Money Lending Business Act
special measures law
child-rearing practice
spelling rules; orthography
Code of Criminal Procedure
religious persecution
use of the continuative form as a conjunction (in Japanese)
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
numeration system; number representation system
forensic science
method of writing; syntax
dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit
politics and law; political science and law; way of governing
industry law; law regulating a certain industry; (arch.) work one is obligated to carry out
hypothetical imperative
artificial respiration technique
Monte Carlo method
Act on Specified Commercial Transactions
Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act
calendar era; year numbering system used by a calendar
dharma seat (seat from which one gives Buddhist sermons); Buddhist religious service
legal history (studies)
expressing one's meaning by stating the opposite; ironic expression
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
rules concerning application of laws
Public Offices Election Act
light of Buddhism
abridged notation
law of the sea; maritime law
hypnosis; hypnotism
English law; British law; British method; British style
for corporate use
Haber process (for producing ammonia)
writing into law; codification; enacting
enabling act; Enabling Act (Germany, 1933); Ermächtigungsgesetz
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
Act for the Promotion of Measures to Prevent Bullying
(method of) projection; projective technique
contract law; law of contract
Long-Term Care Insurance Act
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
imperial units; yard-pound units
Large-scale Retail Stores Act
Banking Act; Bank of Japan Act
binomial nomenclature
faculty of law and literature
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be
Local Government Finance Act
extraction of roots; evolution
law full of loopholes; toothless law
Certified Public Tax Accountant Act
Freedom of Information Act; FOIA
Agricultural Land Act
age determination method; dating technique
multiplication
right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine
Act for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers
etiquette; social code
(knowledge of) first-aid
religious rule of a sect; precept of a sect
benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit
relaxation method
Anglo-American law; common law
climax (rhetoric); gradation
retroactive law; retrospective law
independent administrative institution; independent administrative agency; German law
Act of Uniformity
international humanitarian law; IHL
international humanitarian law; IHL
Act on Protection of Personal Liberty
allocation (accounting)
mood and tense
centrifugal separation method; centrifuge process; centrifugation method
law of the country of one's nationality; one's national law
purpose of a law
Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Act
(legally) incorporated educational institution
Bayer process
Haber-Bosch process (for producing ammonia)
access method
Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvre
Japan Legal Support Center
Public Accounting Act
therapeutic hypothermia; induced hypothermia
Act on Assistance Dogs for Physically Disabled Persons
vitrification (esp. oocyte cryopreservation)
normal vector
National Land Use Planning Act
family law; kinship law
Act on Penal Detention Facilities and the Treatment of Inmates and Detainees
(formal) ways of sitting
usage (esp. of language)
flotation; flotation method
influence of Buddhism; power of Buddhism
revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)
jurisdiction
positron emission tomography; PET
Doctor of Laws; LLD
national referendum law; Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan
blood collection method; blood sampling
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
prick test; scarification
jus civile (legal code of ancient Rome); civil law
bowing (of a string instrument)
nitrogen fixation (method)
Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office
musical notation
(method of) projection
suppletion; suppletive
spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
law full of loopholes; toothless law
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be
law full of loopholes; toothless law
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvre
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
Securities and Exchange Act
law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems
Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)
artificial incubation (method)
calculus of variations; variational method (in quantum mechanics)
difference method
(arch.) fractional sampling; (arch.) method of quartering; (arch.) quartation; method of lunar calendar formulation
artificial incubation (method)
Act on Special Measures Concerning Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes
affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
solar-evaporation process (in salt making)
green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould
gnomonic projection (in cartography); central projection
gnomonic projection (in cartography); central projection
Bank of Japan Act
Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
way of dealing (with a problem, etc.); workaround
Act on Substitute Execution by Administration
BPAM; Basic Partitioned Access Method
Domestic Affairs Adjustment Law
high temperature short time sterilization method; HTST; flash pasteurization
divisor and dividend
analytic hierarchy process; AHP
form of muscular or movement therapy developed by Keizo Hashimoto
Electronic Signatures and Certification Business Act
Juvenile Training School Act; Reformatory Law
Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act
gestalt method; a priori method
saddle point method; steepest descent method; gradient descent method
infinitive mood
composite algorithm
Act on the Measures by Large-Scale Retail Stores for Preservation of Living Environment
local law; law of the country where a property, etc. is located
Act on Entrepreneurs' Bearing of the Cost of Public Pollution Control Works
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (virus detection method); ELISA
Building Access Act
amylo process
sump method
Delphi technique
potassium-argon dating
rhythm method (method of birth control); calendar method
gestalt method; a priori method
dither method
polytope method
run length method
Bartlett Act (US); Bartlett method (technique for estimating power spectra)
sputtering (semiconductor manuf.); sputtering method
Opium Control Act
bootstrap method; bootstrapping
jackknife method; jackknifing
loop-mediated isothermal amplification; LAMP
Bayesian method
Billings ovulation method
Act on Practitioners of Massage, Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Moxibustion and others (December 20, 1947)
law governing rights within families
unwritten law; common law
Patent Attorneys Act
Securities and Exchange Act
longwall system; longwall method
Nuclear Damage Compensation Facilitation Corporation Act
positional (representation) system; positional notation
three strikes law (US)
expedition style (mountaineering); siege style
sentence-final inflection; terminational mode; cadence
back blow method (for dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe)
numeration system
Local Government Finance Act
solution (to a problem); method of resolving; way to relieve (e.g. stress)
scratch test; scarification
Law Concerning Special Measures Against Dioxins
Law Concerning Preservation of National Tax Records in Electronic Form; Electronic Books Maintenance Act
Communications Decency Act; CDA
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
extrapolation method
Limited Liability Companies Act
Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo
Secondhand Articles Business Act
Act on General Rules for National Taxes
study of image contents; iconography
Government Paperwork Elimination Act (USA)
Act for Enforcement of the Education Personnel Certification Act
use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun
Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations
Atomic Bomb Survivors' Assistance Act
experimental design; design of experiments
Cangjie input method (for Chinese)
rectification; modification
quick method; shortcut (to); royal road
Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities
simulated annealing
slope deflection method
Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
simple-interest method
three-color process; three-colour process
determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)
laws of heredity
library arrangement; organization of books in a library
Act on Enforcement of the Act on Labor Relations of Public Enterprise Corporation
ammonium chloride soda process
Underpopulated Areas Revitalizing Law
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
National Government Asset Act
temple (Buddhist)
Act on the Settlement of Environmental Pollution Disputes
beam propagation method; BPM
Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy; energy saving law
the Measurement Law
hill-climbing method
business law; enterprise law; corporate law
panoramic radiography; panoramic x-ray photography
Labor Union Act
cuprous ammoniacal process
uranium-lead method
Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act
the rules according to which posthumous names are assigned
compound interest method
vulcanization; vulcanisation
open-hearth process
contragradient method; conjugate gradient method; CG method
Fire and Disaster Management Organization Act
hydraulic fracturing; fracking
applicable law; governing law; proper law
Erosion Control Act
Act on Temporary Measures concerning Customs
urine dipstick test
Opium Control Act
Political Party Subsidies Act
BSAM; Basic Sequential Access Method
flotation method (mineral processing)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act
manufacturing process
simulated annealing
ball-and-ring method; ring-and-ball test
computed tomography; computerized tomography; CT
commercial customary law; commercial custom law
Public Finance Act
slope deflection method
the law of obligations
euphemism; periphrasis; circumlocution
Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members
British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)
Port Regulations Act
Dental Practitioners Act
diaphragm process
Medical Observation Act; Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Cases Under the Condition of Insanity
Chinese system of weights and measures
Act on Compensation for Pollution-related Health Damage
sacred place; temple
Examples (21 in total)
The law should not be violated.
A new law has come into existence.
This is an ancient law.