てんびん
Meanings
Noun
1. (balance) scales
2. shoulder carrying pole
3. steelyard
Pitch accent
んびん
Composed of
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
Libra (constellation); the Scales
shoulder carrying pole
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
two alternatives
Libra (constellation); the Scales
balance scale; balance
Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales
chemical balance
analytical balance; direct reading balance
pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)
(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole