noun:

• bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling

noun:

• bow tie

noun:

• bow maker; bowyer

noun:

• up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

noun:

• tightly drawn bow

noun:

• fog bow; fogbow; mistbow; white rainbow

noun:

• down-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow
• to rise up against; to rebel against

noun:

• stringing a bow; person who strings bows
• crescent moon - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り月
• paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle - abbreviation ➜ 弓張り提灯

noun:

• small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield [literal] - idiom

noun:

• paper lantern with bow-shaped handle

noun:

• bow window

noun / ~の noun:

• bow shape; arc; arch

noun:

• segment (of a circle) ［ゆみがた・きゅうけい］ - Mathematics term

noun:

• strength needed to pull back a bow

noun:

• mouth bow

noun:

• small bow ➜ 大弓

noun / ~する noun:

• a respectful bow

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself
• to hide oneself

noun:

• bowyery; bow making; bowcraft

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl ［曲げる］
• to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant ［曲げる］
• to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
• to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
• to pawn

noun:

• second arrow; second string to one's bow

expression / noun:

• bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow