Kanji 托 Words: Meanings and Readings

托す

たくす

to use as a pretext

結托

けったく

conspiracy

委托

いたく

entrusting (something to a person)

屈托

くったく

ennui

負托

ふたく

charging (someone) with (a responsibility)

托鉢

たくはつ

going with one's bowl to the meditation hall at mealtime (in a Zen temple)

依托

いたく

entrustment

一蓮托生

いちれんたくしょう

sharing one's lot with another

花托

かたく

torus (of a flower)

種間托卵

しゅかんたくらん

interspecific brood parasitism

種内托卵

しゅないたくらん

intraspecific brood parasitism

托する

たくする

to use as a pretext

托子

たくし

saucer (for a teacup)

托鉢修道会

たくはつしゅうどうかい

mendicant orders

托鉢僧

たくはつそう

mendicant priest

托葉

たくよう

stipule

托卵

たくらん

brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

茶托

ちゃたく

teacup saucer