n. [ OE. archerie. ] 1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607). [ 1913 Webster ]
[ゆみ(P);ゆ, yumi (P); yu](n) (1) bow (and arrow); (2) unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); (3) unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)#5586[Add to Longdo]
[おして;おしで, oshite ; oshide](n) (1) (arch) seal; stamp; (2) depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand; (3) (See 引き手・ひきで) (in archery) left hand; (4) obstinacy; stubbornness[Add to Longdo]
[ゆばはじめ, yubahajime](n) (1) ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); (2) first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))[Add to Longdo]
[いでい;でい, idei ; dei](n) (1) (arch) sitting outdoors; (2) (See 寝殿造り) room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; (3) temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies[Add to Longdo]
[おがさわらりゅう, ogasawararyuu](n) (1) (col) Ogasawara-ryu (school of etiquette); (2) punctilious etiquette; (3) Ogasawara-ryu (school of archery, inc. horseback archery); (4) Ogasawara-ryu (school of military strategy)[Add to Longdo]
[うまばどの(馬場殿);ばばどの(馬場殿);うまばのおとど, umabadono ( baba dono ); babadono ( baba dono ); umabanootodo](n) (arch) (See 武徳殿・1) building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds)[Add to Longdo]
[ぶとくでん, butokuden](n) (1) (See 大内裏) building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc.; (2) martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)[Add to Longdo]