gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
before the gate; in front of the gate
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
closing time; lockup; curfew
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
military family; warrior class
vocational school; technical school
outside of one's area of expertise
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
pupil; disciple; follower
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
gatekeeper; doorman; porter
technical book; specialized book; treatise
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
outsider; layman; amateur
large triple gate to temple
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
lineage; pedigree; good family
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
side gate; side door; service entrance
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
professional job; profession
the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty
primer; manual; introductory book
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
arch of triumph; triumphal arch
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)
gateway to success; opening to honours; opening to honors
town originally built around a temple or shrine
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
two-storied gate; tower gate
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
specialist training; upper-level course
expertise; special skills
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
specialization; specialisation
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
technical training; professional education
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
Zen; entering the path of Zen
beginner; newcomer; novice; new pupil; new disciple
beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
division of a religious sect; branch of a school
expert (technical) knowledge; expertise
special (specialized, specialised) subject
anal sex; anal intercourse
a pass allowing one through a gate
unlucky quarter (southwest)
the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
technical journal (periodical, magazine)
Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste); Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism
pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
to close the door (to); to shut the door (to); to exclude
person who is ignorant outside his field
bloodline; lineage; family; clan
gate for important persons; gate of honor
karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)
unprofitable department; loss-making division; loss-making segment
proctology department; proctology clinic; proctology
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
bedroom entrance; bedroom; home; family life; household
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
Avalokitesvara Sutra; Kannon Sutra
to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
main gate; front gate; latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha
Chancellery (Tang-dynasty China)
advisory committee; committee of experts; advisory panel
government office; public office
small gate in a mud or stone wall
Japanese religious census used to repress Christians (Edo period)
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
specialist newspaper; trade journal; specialist journal
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
great and powerful person
service sector; tertiary sector
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
disciple of Confucius; Confucian school
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel; gates of Hades; entrance to the underworld
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
painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)
Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
expert committee; technical committee
enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate
cardiologist; heart specialist
house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
alumni of Waseda University
Panmunjon (Korea); Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)
having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)
Ōtenmon conspiracy; political incident in 866 CE centered around the destruction by fire of the main gate of the imperial palace
group of specialists; group of experts
magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)
Chelicerata; suborder comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs
first half of the Lotus Sutra, in which the Buddha appears as a spatiotemporally restricted being
Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house); my home
internal division; back-office section; indirect department
good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
specialist outpatient department
(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; (lit.) sparrow net in front of the gate
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
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
ten disciples of Confucius
reduced to skin and bones
(good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile
bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited
crow; Mr Crow; tanned person; dark-skinned person; (arch.) being penniless
meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping; meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)
obsolete rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same group of stables
Deuterostomia (superphylum of animals)
anal bleeding; bleeding of the anus
Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
Lophotrochozoa (superphylum of protostome animals)
specialized classification system
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants); Angiospermae
Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers
pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital
good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
transformational component
Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; (lit.) to set a sparrow net in front of the gate
Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Honmon Butsuryū-shū (branch of Nichiren Buddhism)
Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
public sector (as opposed to private sector)
karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
single-tiered gate with eight secondary pillars supporting the four main central pillars
anal character (in psychoanalysis)
Chlorophyta; division of green algae
technical glossary; terminology
Sanmonto sect (of Shin Buddhism)
endodontist; root-canal specialist
influential family; the man in power
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
dried Chinese asparagus root
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Sumatra)
Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
mother's feeling as she waits for her child to return
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
small gate in a mud or stone wall
gathering of excellent and capable people
ear, nose and throat specialist
anal valve; valvulae anales
book in specialized field; book in specialised field
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)