• 掌中しょうちゅう

  in the hand, (something) easily manipulated

• 掌握しょうあく

  grasping, seizing, holding, commanding, having control over

• 車掌しゃしょう

  (train) conductor

• 合掌がっしょう

  pressing one's hands together in prayer

• 掌紋しょうもん

  palm print

• 掌底しょうてい

  palm heel, heel of the palm

• 掌大しょうだい

  small, tiny, size of a palm

• 掌編しょうへん

  (very) short story or article, short short story, conté

• 掌理しょうり

  rule of law, administration of justice

• 分掌ぶんしょう

  division of duties, taking charge of (one's allotted duty), handling one's share of (the work), sharing (duties)

• 鞅掌おうしょう

  being busy with

• 職掌しょくしょう

  official duties, office, function

• 所掌しょしょう

  under one's jurisdiction, having jurisdiction

• 熊掌ゆうしょう

  bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)

• 管掌かんしょう

  taking charge, management

• 手掌しゅしょう

  palm

• 落掌らくしょう

  receive

• 掌中本しょうちゅうぼん

  pocket edition

• 掌の玉たなごころのたま

  apple of one's eye

• 観掌術かんしょうじゅつ

  palmistry

• 八卦掌はっけしょう

  eight trigrams palm, ba gua zhang, pa kua chang

• 指掌紋ししょうもん

  hand print

• 車掌区しゃしょうく

  conductors' station (office)

• 車掌室しゃしょうしつ

  conductor's compartment

• 合掌組がっしょうぐみ

  triangular frame of a thatched roof

• 車掌車しゃしょうしゃ

  caboose, guard's van, brake van

• 掌篇小説しょうへんしょうせつ

  short short story

• 掌中の珠しょうちゅうのたま

  apple of one's eye, one's jewel

• 掌を指すたなごころをさす

  to be obvious, to be obviously correct, to point to one's palm

• 合掌造りがっしょうづくり

  traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof

• 合掌礼拝がっしょうらいはい

  join one's hands in prayer, pray with (the palms of) one's hands together

• 合掌捻りがっしょうひねり

  clasped-hand twist down

• 業務分掌ぎょうむぶんしょう

  division of administrative responsibilities

• 所掌事務しょしょうじむ

  scope of affairs under the jurisdiction

• 瞑目合掌めいもくがっしょう

  closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

• 掌蹠膿疱症しょうせきのうほうしょう

  palmoplantar pustulosis

• 政府管掌保険せいふかんしょうほけん

  government-managed insurance

• 孤掌鳴らし難しこしょうならしがたし

  one cannot live solely by oneself, one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself, clapping with one hand is hard

• 政府管掌健康保険せいふかんしょうけんこうほけん

  government-managed health insurance

• 掌客しょうきゃく

  court official in charge of entertaining important guests

• 掌骨しょうこつ

  metacarpal (bone), metacarpus

• 領掌りょうしょう

  possessing (a territory, land, etc.), ruling over, managing

• 仙人掌せんにんしょう

  cactus