study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
forbidden gate; heavily guarded gate; gate to the imperial palace; gate to the imperial court; imperial residence
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
prison gate; decapitation (of a criminal) and exposure of the head to public view (Edo-period punishment)
Qimen Dunjia (ancient Chinese divination method)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, 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
closing time; lockup; curfew
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
military family; warrior class
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
side gate; side door; service entrance
large triple gate to temple
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
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
Okinawa family clan based on the paternal line that shares the same tomb and performs rituals together
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist temple
Buddhist law; Buddhist teaching
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
Zen; entering the path of Zen
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
the twelve gates of Heian Palace
bloodline; lineage; family; clan
gate for important persons; gate of honor
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
exiting through a gate; going out; leaving (the premises)
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
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
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
small gate in a mud or stone wall
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
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)
influential family; the man in power
Sekimon Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
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)
entrance to a port; entrance to a harbour
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)
Space Engineering Division
JSME Fluids Engineering Division; JSME-FED
The Gateless Barrier (13th century collection of koans, compiled by Chinese monk Wumen); The Gateless Gate
Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto); Rashōmon (story by Akutagawa, film by Kurosawa)
Shōmonki (chronicle of the Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion, ca 940CE)
gate of a castle's outer enclosure; outer gate