Search Terms: *弓
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noun
1.
bow (weapon)(ゆ is usu. a prefix)
2.
archery(only relevant for ゆみ)
3.
bow (for a violin, etc.)(only relevant for ゆみ)
Other readings:
弓【ゆ】
、弓【きゅう】
noun
•
catalpa bow, spirit bow, bow used to summon spirits, made of Japanese cherry birch, catalpa, or other wood(Shinto term)
noun
1.
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
2.
netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
3.
slingshot, catapult
Other readings:
弩【いしゆみ】
noun
1.
bow (and arrow)
2.
unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet)
3.
unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
noun
•
bow with a heavy draw weight, someone who wields a heavy-draw-weight bow
Other readings:
強弓【つよゆみ】
、強弓【きょうきゅう】
、強弓【こわゆみ】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
1.
kokyū, 3 or 4-stringed bowed Japanese musical instrument
2.
any Asian string instrument played with a bow
Other readings:
鼓弓【こきゅう】
noun
•
spindle tree, euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
Other readings:
小真弓【こまゆみ】
、コマユミ
noun
1.
moon
2.
Tsukuyomi (god of the Moon in Shinto and mythology)
Other readings:
月読【つくよみ】
、月夜見【つくよみ】
、月夜霊【つくよみ】
、月読み【つくよみ】
、月弓【つくよみ】
noun
1.
prize archery
2.
imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)
Other readings:
賭射【のりゆみ】
noun
•
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
マユミ
noun
•
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
Other readings:
揚弓【ようきゅう】[1]
、揚弓【あげゆみ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage