ほう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. law; act; principle
2. method
3. mood
4. dharma; law
Kanji used
law
Pitch accent
Top 2300
Used in vocabulary (687 in total)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
vestment; priest's robe
Pope; Buddha
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
method of treatment; cure; remedy
technique
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
art of war; strategy; tactics
art of war; strategy; tactics
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
bill (law); measure
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
dialectic; dialectics
legal; lawful; legitimate
(process of) elimination
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
solution; way out
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
secret method; secret process; secret formula; esoteric rituals (in Shingon Buddhism)
power of Buddhism
forensic medicine; forensic pathology; medical jurisprudence; legal medicine
Buddhist memorial service
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
directions; rules of use
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
(key to) solution
code of law; body of law
surefire way to win
etiquette; courtesy; manners
law department; law school
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
criminal law; penal code
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
practising law; legal processes in running a country; method; way; magic
Buddhist memorial service
international law; law of nations
horse gait; way of walking (e.g. in martial arts, etc.)
how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage
law; jurisprudence
directions; instructions; usage method
Swords and Firearms Control Law (1958)
religious exultation; ecstasy
to violate the law
breathing techniques; breath control
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
usage; way to use; utilization
calendar making
method of construction
legislation; development of laws
farming methods
running style
(Japanese) Copyright Act
diction; grammar; syntax; usage; wording
change in the law; legal reform
legislation; laws
Peace Preservation Act (1925)
induction; inductive method
bad law; (arch.) evil ways; (arch.) evil way of doing things
protection law; shield law; law for the protection of something
law department; law school
to observe the law
negative statute; law against something
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
expression method; how to express oneself; phrasing
mysteries; excellent methods; marvelous law of Buddha; Saddharma; Lotus Sutra; teachings of the Lotus Sutra
universe; realm of thought; underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
legal principle
playing (instrument); playing method; touch
important law; fundamental law
dharmata (dharma nature, the true nature of all manifest phenomena)
(Japanese) Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
convenient; useful; handy; helpful
robes of a judge or lawyer or priest
fundamental law; basic (organic) law
doctrinal discussion; jurisprudence
art of drawing and painting
ritual implements
legal profession; judicial officer; lawyer; attorney
batting form
Bachelor of Laws
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine
law and politics; justice administration
Buddhist sermon
attacking method; attacking strategy
state law; state statute
narration
method of operation; operating procedure
way of throwing (esp. in baseball); throwing technique; pitching technique
method of manipulating; management method; puppeteering
high priest
clerical appearance; appearance of a priest; teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha
Personal Information Protection Law (2003)
vocalization; vocalisation
constitutional government
art of living; way of life
philosophy of law
federal law; federal legislation
precautionary measures
Buddhist sermon
classification system; classification method
text of the law
teaching methodology; pedagogy
carrying out of rules; enforcing the law; execution; practice of Buddhism; Buddhist training
binary number system; base-2
metric system
all existing things (formed and formless)
existing law; existing laws; laws in force
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
medical practitioner's law
teachings of Buddha; teaching method; way of teaching
Lamaze technique
taxation law
observance of the Buddha's teachings
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
manipulation techniques (e.g. puppets); handling techniques
regulation; legislation
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures; Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation
legal interpretation; statutory interpretation
method of measurement
Minister of Justice
priest's name or posthumous Buddhist name
method of examination or inspection
family code
beauty regimen; beauty treatment; cosmetic technique
conventions to be followed in composing Japanese poetry; phraseology; diction; rules of grammar and syntax when reading kanbun in Japanese
municipal (civic) law; domestic law; national law
way of learning; way of studying; way of mastering
to preach the truth
press law; publication law
reductio ad absurdum
lawyer; legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)
Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect)
Fire Services Act; fire laws
notation; orthography; writing system; representation
Investment Law; Capital Subscription Law
pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission
meditation method; contemplation technique
regeneration process; rehabilitation method; recovery
(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice
preaching place
(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice
sampling (i.e. as a survey method)
Attorneys-at-Law Act; Lawyer Act
ceremony; manners
(method of) deduction
means of diagnosis
common law; customary law (in international law)
Self-Defense Forces Act
Civil Aeronautics Law; Aviation Law
subjunctive mood
labor law; labour law
sound of sutra chanting
personification
same law; the (said) law; same method; the (said) method
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR
word usage; terminology
perspective drawing; (use of) perspective
Labor Standards Act
constitutional state
differentiation
medicolegal autopsy; forensic autopsy
local subsidiary
royal decree
staining method; staining techniques
Buddhist sermon
contraceptive method or measures
great teachings (of the Buddha); teachings of the Mahayana; most important ritual (in esoteric Buddhism)
written law; statutory law
copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
old law; old method
dialectic; dialectics
(a) source of law
drawing; draftsmanship; draughtsmanship; projection
lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)
direct method; indicative mood
penmanship; calligraphy
equality before the law; equality under the law
Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations; Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extra or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation
(historical) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order
contract law; law of contract
legal personality; juridical personality; corporate status; non-person legal entity
corporation law; company law
just law; proper method; the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law
Japanese Nationality Act
Navigation Acts (regulations of colonial trade in 17th century England)
Islamic law; Sharia law
hemostatic method; styptic treatment; stanching
immigration law
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
private law
time convention; way of dividing day into hours; hour system
Unauthorized Computer Access Law (2000); Law Banning Illegal Access
law reform proposal; law reform bill
punctuation rules
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
Livelihood Protection Law
case method; case study method
rhythm method (for conceiving); calendar method
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
special measures law
child-rearing practice
spelling rules; orthography
legal norm; legal standard
Criminal Procedure Code
religious persecution
method of writing; syntax
Local Autonomy Law (1947)
grammatical rule allowing the usage of the continuative form as a conjunction
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
numeration system; number representation system
forensic science
investigative approach; research method; survey method
Family Registration Law
dharma mandala (in Shingon); mandala were each deity is represented by its seed syllable in Sanskrit
politics and law; political science and law; way of governing
industry law; law regulating a certain industry; (arch.) work one is obligated to carry out
hypothetical imperative
artificial respiration technique
Monte Carlo method
Act on Specified Commercial Transactions
legal history (studies)
dharma seat (seat from which one gives Buddhist sermons); Buddhist religious service
Military Service Law (1927-1945)
rules concerning application of laws
Public Office Election Law
light of Buddhism
abridged notation
English law; British law; British method; British style
Haber process (for producing ammonia)
Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act
calendar era; year numbering system used by a calendar
writing into law; codification; enacting
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
etiquette; social code
to conform to the rules of etiquette
projective technique
law of the sea; maritime law
Public Nursing Care Insurance Law (1997)
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
direct method; indicative mood
Invasive Alien Species Act (2004)
Large-scale Retail Stores Law
civil law; continental law
Banking Law; Bank of Japan Act (1981)
binomial nomenclature
faculty of law and literature
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be
Local Government Finance Act
law full of loopholes; toothless law
imperial units; yard-pound units
Freedom of Information Law; Freedom of Information Act (various countries); FOIA
Agricultural Land Act
age determination method; dating technique
multiplication
right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine
(Japanese) Broadcast Act
(knowledge of) first-aid
benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit
statistics law; the laws of statistics
Anglo-American law
climax (rhetoric); gradation
independent administrative corporation (institution, agency); German law
Act of Uniformity
international humanitarian law; IHL
international humanitarian law; IHL
(Japanese) Protection of Personal Liberty Law (1948)
allocation (accounting)
mood and tense
centrifugal separation method; centrifuge process; centrifugation method
purpose of a law
Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Act
(Japanese) Natural Conservation Law (1972)
(Japanese) Natural Conservation Law (1972)
(legally) incorporated educational institution
Bayer process
Haber-Bosch process (for producing ammonia)
access method
Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvre
therapeutic hypothermia; induced hypothermia
normal vector
vitrification (esp. oocyte cryopreservation)
Act on Penal Detention Facilities and the Treatment of Inmates and Detainees
(formal) ways of sitting
usage (esp. of language)
flotation; flotation method
influence of Buddhism; power of Buddhism
revitalizing treatment that stimulates the organs or the meridians (in Chinese medicine)
positron emission tomography; PET
jurisdiction
Doctor of Laws; LLD
blood collection method; blood sampling
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
prick test; scarification
nitrogen fixation (method)
bowing (of a stringed instrument)
musical notation
relaxation method
(method of) projection
suppletion; suppletive
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
a law is a law, however undesirable it may be
law full of loopholes; toothless law
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
carbon-14 dating; radiocarbon dating
Securities and Exchange Act
law of the country where a person habitually resides or is a national; law applicable to a person or to a person's legal problems
artificial incubation (method)
calculus of variations; variational method (in quantum mechanics)
difference method
(arch.) fractional sampling; (arch.) method of quartering; (arch.) quartation; method of lunar calendar formulation
artificial incubation (method)
Administrative Procedures Act (1993)
Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Law (1979)
affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
solar-evaporation process (in salt making)
green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould
Bank of Japan Act
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
BPAM; Basic Partitioned Access Method
high temperature short time sterilization method; HTST; flash pasteurization
analytic hierarchy process; AHP
divisor and dividend
form of muscular or movement therapy developed by Keizo Hashimoto
gestalt method; a priori method
saddle point method; steepest descent method; gradient descent method
infinitive mood
composite algorithm
law governing rights within families
enzyme-linked immunoSorbent assay (virus detection method); ELISA
Building Access law
amylo process
sump method
Delphi technique
potassium-argon dating
rhythm method (method of birth control); calendar method
gestalt method; a priori method
dither method
polytope method
run length method
Bartlett Act (1964); Bartlett method; technique for estimating power spectra
sputtering (semiconductor manuf.); sputtering method
Opium Law (1954)
bootstrap method (of resampling); bootstrapping
jackknife method; jackknifing
unwritten law; common law
Securities and Exchange Act
positional (representation) system; positional notation
National School Establishment Law (1949)
three strikes law (US)
expedition style (mountaineering); siege style
Administrative Appeal Act (1962); Administrative Complaint Investigation Law
numeration system
Local Government Finance Act
Minimum Wages Act
scratch test; scarification
Law Concerning Special Measures Against Dioxins
Communications Decency Act; CDA
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
Act on Payment of Relief Benefit for Victims, etc. of Crimes Committed by Aum Shinrikyo (2008)
extrapolation method
Land Improvement Act (1949, reformed in 2001); Land Improvement Law
Government Paperwork Elimination Act (USA)
use of a verb or adjective conjugation (esp. ren'yōkei) as a noun
experimental design; design of experiments
Atomic Bomb Victims' Relief Law (1995)
rectification; modification
quick method; shortcut (to); royal road
Era Name Act; Era Name Law
simulated annealing
simple-interest method
Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law
determination of a child's sex before birth (e.g. by ultrasound)
slope deflection method
three-color process; three-colour process
laws of heredity
Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Labor Relations Law (1949)
library arrangement; organization of books in a library
ammonium chloride soda process
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
temple (Buddhist)
beam propagation method; BPM
the Measurement Law
hill-climbing method
panoramic radiography; panoramic x-ray photography
(Japanese) Labor Union Law
Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act
cuprous ammoniacal process
uranium-lead method
the rules according to which posthumous names are assigned
compound interest method
vulcanization; vulcanisation
open-hearth process
contragradient method; conjugate gradient method; CG method
Educational Personnel Certification Law; Teacher's License Law
hydraulic fracturing; fracking
applicable law; governing law; proper law
urine dipstick test
quadrature; stereometry
BSAM; Basic Sequential Access Method
flotation method (mineral processing)
Opium Law (1954)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
simulated annealing
ball-and-ring method; ring-and-ball test
computerized tomography; CT; computed tomography
commercial customary law; commercial custom law
slope deflection method
the law of obligations
euphemism; periphrasis; circumlocution
British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)
Act on Port Regulations (1948)
diaphragm process
Examples (22 in total)
The law should not be violated.
A new law has come into existence.
This is an ancient law.