掌

Vocabulary (12)

• 車掌

  しゃしょう

  (train) conductor

• 掌の玉

  たなごころのたま

  apple of one's eye

• 熊掌

  ゆうしょう

  bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)

• 鞅掌

  おうしょう

  being busy with

• 掌骨

  しょうこつ

  bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals)

• 仙人掌

  せんにんしょう

  cactus

• 仙人掌

  サボテン

  cactus

• 合掌捻り

  がっしょうひねり

  clasped-hand twist down

• 瞑目合掌

  めいもくがっしょう

  closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

• 車掌室

  しゃしょうしつ

  conductor's compartment

• 車掌区

  しゃしょうく

  conductors' station (office)

• 掌客

  しょうきゃく

  court official in charge of entertaining important guests