Bow

"Bow" in Japanese

お辞儀

o-jigi

(gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

yumi

(weapon used for shooting arrows)

yumi

(rod used for playing stringed instruments)

舳先

hesaki

(front of a boat or ship)

船首

senshu

(front of a boat or ship)

蝶結び

chōmusubi

(type of knot with two loops)

辞儀

jigi

(gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

お辞儀する

o-jigi suru

(to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

弾く

hiku

(to play music on an instrument using a bow)

弾奏する

dansou suru

(to play music on an instrument using a bow)

曲げる

mageru

(to bend a thing)

辞儀する

jigi suru

(to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.