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noun, auxillary suru verb
join one's hands in prayer, pray with (the palms of) one's hands together(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
taking charge, management

こしょうがた
koshounarashigatashi
expression
one cannot live solely by oneself, one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself, clapping with one hand is hard(proverb)

noun
person in charge of the brewing of sacrificial wine(archaism)
See also:神酒
Other readings:
酒人【さけびと】
掌酒【さかびと】

noun, no-adjective
cactus(usually kana)(only the サボ, シャボ, etc. readings are from sabão)
Other readings:
さぼてん《仙人掌》
はおうじゅ《覇王樹》
サボテン
シャボテン

na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
palmar, palm

noun
court official in charge of entertaining important guests(archaism)

noun, no-adjective
bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals)(obscure)
See also:中手骨

no-adjective, na-adjective
small, tiny, size of a palm

noun
palm heel, heel of the palm(martial arts)

noun
law, rule, ordinance, charter
Other readings:
掌程【しょうてい】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji

noun
(very) short story or article, short short story, conté
Other readings:
掌篇【しょうへん】
小編【しょうへん】
小篇【しょうへん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
rule of law, administration of justice

noun
official duties, office, function

noun, auxillary suru verb
under one's jurisdiction, having jurisdiction

expression, noun
apple of one's eye
See also:掌中の玉

expression, Godan-su verb
to be obvious, to be obviously correct, to point to one's palm(idiom )
Other readings:
掌を指す【しょうをさす】

expression, Godan-su verb
1.
to flip-flop, to do an about-face, to flip over one's hand(idiom )
2.
to do something easy(idiom )
Other readings:
手の平を返す【てのひらをかえす】
掌を返す【てのひらをかえす】
掌を返す【たなごころをかえす】
掌を返す【しょうをかえす】

noun
eight trigrams palm, ba gua zhang, pa kua chang(martial arts)

noun, auxillary suru verb
division of duties

noun, auxillary suru verb
closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer(yojijukugo)

noun
bear's palm (meat treasured in Ancient China)

noun, auxillary suru verb
receive