study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
lineage; pedigree; good family
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
before the gate; in front of the gate
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
military family; warrior class
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
large triple gate to temple
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
side gate; side door; service entrance
kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
arch of triumph; triumphal arch
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
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)
shramana (wandering monk)
two-storied gate; tower gate
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
Zen; entering the path of Zen
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
gate for important persons; gate of honor
bloodline; lineage; family; clan
Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
main gate; front gate; latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha
small gate in a mud or stone wall
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
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
Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)
Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)
Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)
influential family; the man in power
Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants); Angiospermae
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
Chlorophyta; division of green algae
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers
gathering of excellent and capable people
Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)