頂

Word usually written using kana alone

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane

red-cap oranda (goldfish)

Tanchō (koi variety)

having a red crest or patch on the head (of a bird, fish, etc.)

dome; cupola

Buddhism

baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood

Buddhism

baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism)

Buddhism

pouring water onto a gravestone

teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

Anatomy

top of the head; vertex; parietal

summit of Mt. Fuji; peak of Mt. Fuji

Anatomy

parietal lobe

Buddhism

most formal form of a prayer

Buddhism

Vajrasekhara Sutra

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis); Japanese crane

vertical angles; vertically opposite angles

Zoology

apex of a shell; umbo

Noun or verb acting prenominally

flat top

tip of a stem (of a plant)

Anatomy

parietal bone

quasi-zenith satellite

Buddhism

Butchōson (type of Buddha representing omniscience in Mikkyō Buddhism); Butchō

Buddhism

consecration ritual for the conferral of the status of Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)

lava dome

circumzenithal arc; cicumzenith arc

crest of dam; top of dam

the zenith distance

to eat something for the first time in the season

peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)

zenith telescope