獅

lion

left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine

furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious

sphinx

lion (king of beasts)

Idiomatic expression

snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend

lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

lion's roar; harangue

lion mask

Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese deer fern (Blechnum nipponicum)

treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider

Leonids

Leo (5th zodiacal sign); the Lion

pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose

pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose

Colloquial

lion tamarin

Proverb

make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow; spare the rod, spoil the child; the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)

testing one's children by putting them through hardship

irresistible force

Buddhism

Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk

snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp.)

Haplopteris flexuosa (species of shoestring fern)

Idiomatic expression; Rare term

making something strong even stronger; (giving) fins to a lion

Astronomy

Leo (constellation); the Lion

Buddhism

Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk

(mythical) Chinese lion; Chinese guardian lion

Chinese-style figure of a lion; artistic rendering of a lion

street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head