兜

Meaning

兜 centers on protective headgear: a helmet or head piece worn for defense.

• 兜かぶと

  helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

• 兜蟹かぶとがに

  horseshoe crab

• 鳥兜とりかぶと

  aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood

• 兜巾ときん

  tokin; small black headgear worn by yamabushi

• 兜の緒を締めるかぶとのおをしめる

  to brace oneself (e.g. for battle); to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to tighten the strings of one's helmet

• 兜を脱ぐかぶとをぬぐ

  to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone

• 兜合わせかぶとあわせ

  frot (sex act)

• 兜率とそつ

  Tusita (heaven, pure land)

• 兜率天とそつてん

  Tusita heaven (one of the six heavens of the desire realm); Tushita

• 兜町かぶとちょう

  Kabutochō (neighbourhood of Nihonbashi, Tokyo, where the Tokyo Stock Exchange is located)

• 兜蝦かぶとえび

  tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.); shield shrimp

• 兜頭巾かぶとずきん

  helmet-shaped hood

• 兜魚かぶとうお

  large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps)

• 内兜うちかぶと

  inside of a helmet; hidden circumstances

• 勝って兜の緒を締めよかってかぶとのおをしめよ

  do not let your guard down after a victory; tighten the strings of your helmet after winning

• 角兜つのかぶと

  spiked helmet

• 鉄兜てつかぶと

  steel helmet

• 頭形兜ずなりかぶと

  zunari helmet (made from 3-5 pieces of metal)

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