宝

(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary

Place name; Family or surname

Tōhou

Company name

Toho (film studio)

handleless Japanese tea pot

famous treasure; noted treasure

Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)

lighted lamp (or candle, etc.) provided as a religious offering; votive light

precious book; handbook; thesaurus; treasury of words

treasured article

ほくら only

small shrine

depository for sacred objects

Colloquial

single, long white (or translucent) body hair (said to bring good luck according to folklore)

Buddhism

Cakraratna; wheel-shaped treasure possessed by the ideal universal ruler, carried in front of him during excursions to allow easy passage

Aquarius (11th zodiacal sign); the Water Bearer; the Water Carrier

kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)

sacred treasure

the Emperor's age

historical treasures

Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)

many treasures

Orders of the Sacred Treasure

Oft. in book titles

handbook; manual; encyclopedia

precious mirror

Architecture

pyramidal roof; polygonal roof

tidepool gunnel (Pholis nebulosa)

Orders of the Precious Crown; Orders of the Sacred Crown

gemology; gemmology