じょう
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. on the way; en route
Noun
2. in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
Kanji used
route
above
Pitch accent
じょう
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Composed of
way; route
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
credit monitoring; credit limit monitoring
Examples (2 in total)
His car broke down on the way to work.
The country is on the way to becoming a democratic nation.