掌

Meaning

掌 centers on the hand as an instrument of control: the palm itself, and by extension the act of ruling, administering, or conducting affairs with one's own hand.

• 掌握しょうあく

  grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

• 車掌しゃしょう
  N3

  (train) conductor

• 合掌がっしょう

  pressing one's hands together in prayer

• 掌中しょうちゅう

  in the hand; (something) easily manipulated

• 管掌かんしょう

  taking charge; management

• 掌編しょうへん

  (very) short story or article; short short story; conté

• 分掌ぶんしょう

  division of duties; taking charge of (one's allotted duty); handling one's share of (the work); sharing (duties)

• 所掌しょしょう

  under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction

• 仙人掌せんにんしょう

  cactus

• 八卦掌はっけしょう

  eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang

• 合掌捻りがっしょうひねり

  clasped-hand twist down

• 合掌礼拝がっしょうらいはい

  join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together

• 合掌組がっしょうぐみ

  triangular frame of a thatched roof

• 合掌造りがっしょうづくり

  traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof

• 孤掌鳴らし難しこしょうならしがたし

  one cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself; clapping with one hand is hard

• 所掌事務しょしょうじむ

  scope of affairs under the jurisdiction

• 手掌しゅしょう

  palm

• 指掌紋ししょうもん

  hand print

• 掌の玉たなごころのたま

  apple of one's eye

• 掌を指すたなごころをさす

  to be obvious; to be obviously correct; to point to one's palm

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