noun:

• Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen) - called けいさく in Rinzai Zen, きょうさく in Soto Zen - abbreviation ➜ 警覚策励・座禅
• horsewhip ［けいさく］

noun:

• preliminary alert (flood, typhoon, air-raid, etc.); precautionary warning

noun:

• reprimand; stern warning

noun / ~する noun:

• activation of an alarm; sounding a warning

noun:

• J-Alert system; Japan's satellite-based disaster warning system ➜ 全国瞬時警報システム【ぜんこくしゅんじけいほうシステム】

noun:

• overseas risk information; overseas danger warning

adverb / ~の noun:

• abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

noun:

• emergency alert; critical alert; emergency warning

noun / adjectival noun:

• without preparation; off the cuff; abrupt; without warning ➜ ぶっつけ本番

adjectival noun / noun:

• unreserved; without restraint; frank; blunt; direct

noun:

• beginning; start; outset

noun:

• flash signal (e.g. between ships); flashing caution signal; accident warning signal

noun:

• bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell ➜ 本鈴

noun:

• radiation symbol; trefoil; radiation warning symbol

noun:

• nationwide instantaneous alert system; J-Alert system; Japan's satellite-based disaster warning system

noun:

• bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc. ➜ 高札

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from

noun:

• (warning) flare (esp. used on roads and railways)

noun:

• emergency volcanic alert (e.g. an eruption warning); urgent information on volcanic activity

noun:

• silence; keeping silent; taciturnity ［黙り］
• giving no notice; giving no warning ［黙り］
• pantomime (in kabuki)

noun:

• drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke
• doing something suddenly, without warning

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to ring an alarm bell
• to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn; to raise the alarm; to send a wake-up call - idiom

adverb:

• with a whiff; with a puff - onomatopoeia
• suddenly; abruptly; without warning ［ふっと］

noun:

• electric shock

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• blitz; lightning attack

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• sudden and without warning; shocking

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
• irritatedly; impatiently - onomatopoeia
• scorchingly (of the sun) - onomatopoeia
• sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil) - onomatopoeia
• sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc. - onomatopoeia
• oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.); seeping out - onomatopoeia

noun:

• time - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "samaya"
• meeting; coming together - Buddhism term
• equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) - Buddhism term