弓

anapsid

therapsids

Music

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

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

pharyngeal arch

Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)

Synapsida (class of amniotes)

Therapsida (order of advanced synapsids)

bow drill

to draw a bow

Idiomatic expression

to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors; to rebel

to arch; to be curved; to become bow-shaped; to bend backward

Shinto

Hachiman, god of war and archery

paper lantern with bow-shaped handle

Idiomatic expression

the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths

archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general

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

archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general

Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)

ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)

first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

Diapsida (class of amniotes)

bowed stringed instrument

Rare term

archer's bracer; archer's armguard

Rare term; Idiomatic expression

(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience

Archaic

archer; warrior; samurai

Archaic

skilled bowman

Sumo

bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling; sumo wrestler who carries out the bow-twirling ceremony