Definition of 司掌
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(n) palm (of one's hand)
彼の手のひらに硬貨を置く。
Place a coin in the palm of his hand.
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(n) office; official
私の大学には寮があります。
My university has a dorm. - chief; head
- (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
- (n) office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)