巻頭歌

かんとうか

prefatory song or poem, opening song

旋毛

つむじ せんもう

whorl of hair on the (back of the) head

旋法

せんぽう

(musical) mode

旋削

せんさく

turning (on a lathe)

旋盤

せんばん

lathe

凱旋

がいせん

triumphal return

旋律

せんりつ

melody, tune

旋風

せんぷう つむじかぜ つじかぜ せんふう

whirlwind

旋光

せんこう

polarimetric

呂旋

りょせん

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

旋回

せんかい

revolution, rotation, turning, swiveling, circling

律旋

りっせん

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)

回旋

かいせん

rotation, revolution, convolution

周旋

しゅうせん

good offices, recommendation, mediation

旋棍

とんふあ トンファー トイファー

tonfa (traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick)

旋条

せんじょう

(gun barrel) rifling

内旋

internal rotation (rotating a limb towards the midline of the body); medial rotation; endorotation

斡旋

あっせん

kind offices, services, through the good offices of, influence

螺旋

らせん ねじ

spiral, helix