Kanji
Readingしゅ
Frequency8%
Used in (331 in total)
means; way; measure
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
clapping hands; applause
feeler; tentacle
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
driver; chauffeur
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
technique; method
ability; capability; skill
hand used like a sword in striking
note; memorandum
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
shuriken; small throwing blade; throwing star
artificial arm (hand)
hand grenade; grenade
archer; shooter; bowman
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
in one's hands; in one's control
operating room; operating theatre
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
means of transportation; transport service
offender; criminal
handicrafts
horseman; rider; jockey
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
manual (operation)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
evil influence
championship; title (of champion)
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to make one's own; to take possession of
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
finger; hands and fingers; hands
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
(hand) towel; handkerchief
opponent (in combat)
sign language
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
rival; enemy
clapping and cheering; applause
handle; grip; knob
tough measure; firm step; strong measure
skill; dexterity; master hand
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
to take steps (measures)
portable candlestick
handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.
hands and feet
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
baseball player; ballplayer
surgery; surgical procedure
to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize
transplant surgery; transplant operation
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
helmsman; coxswain
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
masturbation; onanism
skill involving the hands; craft
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
one's troops
spectacular move (chess, shogi, etc.); brilliant move; expert; virtuoso; master
major surgery; major operation
slender hand
orthopedic surgery; plastic surgery
sailor; seaman
source (of supply); channel
measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence)
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
operating gown; surgical suit
reoperation; repeat surgery; second surgery; surgical revision
handicrafts
(primarily in shogi or go) response; countermeasure; counter-measure
a dirty or underhanded trick
means of transportation; means of transport
surgery costs (fees)
operator (e.g. telephone)
team (of players, athletes); squad; (sports) delegation
skilled physician; noted doctor; master
means of labor; means of labour
by any means, fair or foul
operation scar; scar from an operation
surprise move
player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
star player; star athlete
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
pop idol; idol singer
helmsman; coxswain
to try everything; to leave no stone unturned
Olympic village; athlete's village
diplomatic finesse; skill(s) in diplomacy
handicraft industry
athlete's oath of fair play
retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
professional player (sports); pro
great player; star player
alternative means (alternate); alternative method
folding one's arms; being idle
legal means; legal methods; legal measures
one arm; one hand
(the) most valuable player; MVP
expert; skillful person; good move (in shogi, go, etc.); clever move
copying by hand
two bows, two claps, and a third bow (standard form of worshiping at a shrine)
pitching duel; pitchers' battle
hand salute; military salute
laparotomy (abdominal surgery)
infielder; baseman
operation scar; scar from an operation
conductor (class field theory)
writing by oneself; one's own handwriting
stable boy; stable hand; groom
unavailable; unobtainable; not available
surgical castration; castration surgery; neutering; orchiectomy; orchidectomy
handicrafts; hand-crafted goods
handing over; delivery (by hand)
slaughterer; butcher
surgical sterilization; contraceptive operation
brain surgery; brain operation; neurosurgery
carpal (any of the bones of the carpus in the wrist)
locomotive engineer; engine driver
ordination; laying on of hands
endoscopic surgery; keyhole surgery
(professional) keirin cyclist
substitute player; reserve
plastic surgery; plastic operation
Buddha's hand (Citrus medica sarcodactylus); fingered citron
surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgery
able individual; man of ability
minor surgery; minor operation
popular singer; singer of pop songs
reconstructive operation; reconstructive surgery
laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (type of laser eye surgery); LASIK
veteran; past master
mediocre ability; person of ordinary skills; uninteresting (trivial, worthless) move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)
veteran player; experienced player; veteran (at a job)
active player; player on the active list
trumpeter; bugler
bare handed
ineffective move (in go or shogi); wasted move
regular player; first-team player; first-string player
pitching strength (of a team)
station worker
sex reassignment surgery; sex change surgery; SRS
worn or soiled with handling
(Protestant) laying on of hands; ordination
dexterous feat; speed and precision of a trained hand
sign-language interpreting; sign-language interpreter
sterilization (operation); sterilisation
phimosiectomy; circumcision (for phimosis)
skill at administration; one's administrative skills
Vajrapani; wielder of the vajra
computer (person who makes calculations)
hair replacement surgery; hair transplantation surgery
unavailable (stock, etc.)
barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)
manually powered; manual
free-standing exercises; calisthenics (performed without using any apparatus)
assistant; associate
(work) not yet started
substitute player; substitution
able to criticize but not to create (criticise)
handicraft object; piece of handicraft work
guard; signalman; attendant
favorite book (worn with much handling); favourite book
workman; construction worker; hand
looking on with folded arms (with one's hands in one's sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker
center fielder; centre fielder
difficulty of obtaining
alto (voice or singer)
coronary artery bypass surgery; coronary artery bypass graft surgery; coronary artery bypass grafting; heart bypass; bypass surgery
spare player; substitute; sub; benchwarmer
American Sign Language; ASL
notebook; memo pad
folding one's arms
day surgery; day procedure
right fielder; RF
left fielder; LF
champion; (championship) title holder
coercive (high-handed) measure; strong-arm method
title match; championship bout
means of cajolement (trickery)
hand motion indicating gratitude
eugenic sterilization; eugenic sterilisation
strong or skillful person; good player
military bandsman
switchman; pointsman; rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)
one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic
telegraph operator; telegraphist; telegrapher
appendectomy; appendicectomy; appendisectomy
bones of the hand
painter; artist
conventional means; usual means
manual calling (e.g. in data network)
Japanese Sign Language; JSL
Chiroptera; animal order comprising the bats
go; board game of capturing territory
hand bath (for improving blood circulation)
system for showing appreciation to the author of a web-site; virtual applause; (lit.) web-applause
staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
excerption; manual copying; excerpt
tentaculate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
International Sign (pidgin sign language); IS
middle relief pitcher; middle reliever
the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan)
lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
switchman; pointsman; rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)
non-manual signals; NMS
to suffer a loss (usu. in sport)
free move (othello)
chiropterans (i.e. bats)
ruse; trick; deception tactics
cryptography; cryptographic technique
left-handed baseball pitcher
decompression surgery; surgery under decompression
forced sterilization; involuntary sterilization
selective reduction operation; multifetal pregnancy reduction
assistant language teacher; ALT; foreign national serving as an assistant teacher of English in a Japanese classroom
citron (Citrus medica)
distance between the thumb and middle finger of an extended hand