(religion, Buddhism) Kongo Yasha Myōō, the Japanese name for Vajrayaksa, the Wisdom King of the North, primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism, in Japan, China and elsewhere.

(religion, Buddhism) Gundari Myōō, the Japanese name for Kundali, the Wisdom King of the South, primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism, in Japan, China and elsewhere.

the Five Wisdom Kings in Vajrayana Buddhism

(of plants or trees, archaic) to grow large, spring up

a surname

Jōō (Edo period)

Jōō (Kamakura period)

a turn or roll onto one's side / a barrel roll

to turn over sideways; to turn onto one's side; to roll / to overturn; to capsize / to perform a barrel roll

(history) Alexander the Great