A bow: a curved weapon or tool for shooting arrows. Used as a weapon and in sports such as kyūdō (Japanese archery) and archery.
弓道の大会で彼は見事に弓を引いた。
At the kyūdō tournament he drew his bow splendidly.
古代の戦士は矢と弓を武器として使った。
Ancient warriors used arrows and bows as weapons.
その美術館には古い弓が展示されている。
An old bow is displayed at that museum.
A (historical) unit of distance used in archery — roughly a bow's length (about six feet) — found in older archery texts.
古い弓術書には、的までの距離を『五弓』と記している記述がある。
In an old archery manual there is a notation calling the distance to the target 'five yumi'.
A historical unit of distance used in land surveying; its length varied by region and period but is sometimes given as about eight feet.
江戸時代の土地台帳には土地の面積を『弓』で記している場合がある。
In Edo-period land registers, area was sometimes recorded using 'yumi' as a unit.