天秤

てんびん

(balance) scales

天秤棒

てんびんぼう

shoulder carrying pole

天秤座

てんびんざ

Libra (constellation), the Scales

両天秤

りょうてんびん

two alternatives

天宮

heavenly palace

分析天秤

ぶんせきてんびん

Analytical balance

電子天秤

でんしてんびん

Electronic scale

化学天秤

かがくてんびん

chemical balance

直示天秤

ちょくじてんびん

analytical balance, direct reading balance

天秤押し

てんびんおし

pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)

天満宮

てんまんぐう

Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

天宮図

てんきゅうず

horoscope

天蠍宮

てんかつきゅう

Scorpio (8th zodiacal sign), the Scorpion

天秤ばかり

てんびんばかり

balance scale; balance

秤

はかり

scales, weighing machine

天秤に掛ける

てんびんにかける

to compare and contrast two alternatives, to weigh the relative merits of A and B, to weigh one's options

除震台/天秤台

じょしんだい/てんびんだい

Seismic isolation platform / balance platform

天秤にかける

to compare and contrast (two alternatives); to weigh the relative merits (of two options); to weigh (one's options)

両天秤に掛ける

りょうてんびんにかける

to try to have it both ways, to try to sit on two stools