[つきのわ, tsukinowa](n) (1) moon (esp. full moon); (2) circle fashioned after the moon; (3) (See 袈裟) decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole; (4) straw trivet; (5) (See 月の輪熊) white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear[Add to Longdo]