Keyword
boss
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig2007
Readings
(83%)
(1%)
Composed of
clothes hanger
one
mouth
Mnemonic

A pictograph of your boss yelling at you with his open mouth. The one horizontal stroke are his eyes, and he's holding a portable clothes hanger over his head to hit you with it!

Used in kanji (7 in total)
peek
part of speech
keep a pet
inquire (humble)
Used in vocabulary (164 in total)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to rule; to govern; to administer
priest; minister; pastor
commandant; commanding officer; general
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
command; control; commander
librarian
bishop (Catholic)
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
administration of justice
archbishop (Catholic)
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
sushi shop; sushi restaurant; sushi bar
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
chief priest
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
deputy commander
legally ordered autopsy
(command) headquarters
conveyor belt sushi; sushi-go-round; sushi train; kaiten-zushi
military headquarters
chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
moderator; host; chairman
referee (in sumo)
provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)
district governor (Ritsuryo period)
judge; judiciary; administration of justice; judicial authorities
inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
company (in China); firm
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
officer of the court
hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)
probation officer
high priest of a great shrine
Minister of Works (Zhou-dynasty China)
judicial power; jurisdiction
judicial branch (of government); judicial organ
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
inarizushi; sushi wrapped in fried tofu
attorney general; attorney-general
Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou-dynasty China)
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
High Priest (of Israel)
asshole boss; arsehole boss
to make hand-rolled sushi
to rule; to govern; to administer
public servant; government official
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
funazushi; old-style fermented crucian carp sushi
chieftain (of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
provisional administrator in occupied territory during WWII
administrator of a manor
steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt
gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg
command module (e.g. Apollo's); CM
palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting; room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room; boarding house for trainee administrators (Ritsuryo period)
non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt
Minister of Justice (Zhou-dynasty China)
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting)
government office; public office; government official
island governor
judicial ruling; judicial decision; judgment; judgement
to administer the affairs of state
Judicial Research and Training Institute
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
command-service module (e.g. Apollo spacecraft); CSM
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
head steward (e.g. on a ship); (arch.) palace chef
Edo-style sushi (usu. nigirizushi)
officiating (a ceremony); presiding (over a service)
obstruction of justice
seasoned vinegar used for preparing sushi rice
welfare official; welfare worker
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
futomaki; thick roll of makizushi
rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt, used for preparing sushi; sushi rice
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
ingredients for sushi
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
father confessor; confessor
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP
sushi rice mixed with various ingredients (vegetables, fish, etc.)
ruler of a synagogue
asshole boss; arsehole boss
asshole boss; arsehole boss
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
Shinto priest
chirashi; chirashizushi; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top
hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)
Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker
sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)
hostage justice; practice of keeping a suspect in police custody in an attempt to force a confession
General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers); GHQ
district governor (Ritsuryo period)
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi
narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi
narezushi; fermented sushi (pickled in brine rather than vinegar), precursor of modern sushi
type of sushi with vinegared fish and rice lightly pressed overnight
type of sushi with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on the rice
to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner
National Bar Examination Administration Commission
referee's waiting place
referee's waiting place
popular type of sushi bento, differing by regions; brand of sushi bento
toilet in a Zen monastery
toilet in a Zen monastery
bar examination
office in charge of the Emperor's meals (ritsuryo system)
officiant; presider
rice ball wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens
rice ball wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens
Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system)
Far East Command; FEC; United States military headquarters in the western Pacific after World War II
chef (Western cuisine); (arch.) cook or waiter on a ship
hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit
sushi rice; rice used for sushi
fermented sushi made with sake instead of vinegar (speciality of Kagoshima)
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
kimizushi; sushi with egg yolk instead of rice
Examples (112 in total)
How do you like your boss's plan?
I did that work on the orders of my boss.
I'm jealous that you have a good boss.