[ちょう, chou] (n) (1) (arch) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf, ctr) (2) counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc. #2366
[げん, gen] (n) (1) (arch) bowstring; (2) (See 絃) string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; (3) { geom } chord; (4) hypotenuse #5687
[つる, tsuru] (n) (1) bowstring; (2) string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); (3) (esp. 鉉) bail (arched pot handle); (4) (also written as 梁) (See 枡・1) diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu; (P) #5687
[ヤンキーすわり;ヤンキーずわり, yanki-suwari ; yanki-zuwari] (n, vs) squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)
[えんぴ, enpi] (n) long, protruding elbows (like those of a monkey)
[ゆみづる;ゆづる;ゆづら, yumiduru ; yuduru ; yudura] (n) bowstring
[きゅうせん, kyuusen] (n) bows and arrows; war
[ゆみはり, yumihari] (n) (1) stringing a bow; person who strings bows; (2) (abbr) (See 弓張り月) crescent moon; (3) (abbr) (See 弓張り提灯) paper lantern with a bow-shaped handle
[つるおと, tsuruoto] (n) sound of vibrating bowstring
[つるまき, tsurumaki] (n) reel for a spare bowstring
[つるぶくろ, tsurubukuro] (n) (arch) (See 弦巻) reel for a spare bowstring
[ちゃいろすずめばち;チャイロスズメバチ, chairosuzumebachi ; chairosuzumebachi] (n) (uk) brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
[ひじまくら, hijimakura] (n, vs) using one's elbows as a pillow
[はく, haku] (v5k, vt) (1) (usu 履く or 穿く) to put on (or wear) lower-body clothing (i.e. pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (or wear) footwear; (2) (usu. 佩く or 帯く) to affix a sword to one's hip; (3) to affix a bowstring to a bow; (P)
[りょうひじ, ryouhiji] (n) both elbows