speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
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
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)
military family; warrior class
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
disciple; pupil; follower
prison gate; decapitation (of a criminal) and exposure of the head to public view (Edo-period punishment)
lineage; pedigree; good family
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
side gate; side door; service entrance
large triple gate to temple
arch of triumph; triumphal arch
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
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)
shramana (wandering monk)
forbidden gate; heavily guarded gate; gate to the imperial palace; gate to the imperial court; imperial residence
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
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
Buddhist law; Buddhist teaching
Qimen Dunjia (ancient Chinese divination method)
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)
main gate; front gate; latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
small gate in a mud or stone wall
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
gate (of a property); (in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
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)
Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)
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
Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
Sekimon Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings
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
influential family; the man in power
entrance to a port; entrance to a harbour
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house); my home
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
JSME Fluids Engineering Division; JSME-FED
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants); Angiospermae
Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers
Rashōmon (gate in old Kyoto); Rashōmon (story by Akutagawa, film by Kurosawa)
Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
The Gateless Barrier (13th century collection of koans, compiled by Chinese monk Wumen); The Gateless Gate
Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
Space Engineering Division
Chlorophyta; division of green algae
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
Shōmonki (chronicle of the Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion, ca 940CE)
Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
gathering of excellent and capable people
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
gate of a castle's outer enclosure; outer gate