じょう
Meanings
Counter
Noun
Suffix
1. article (in a document); clause; section; provision
Counter
2. counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.
3. although; though
as とは言い条
4. since; as; because; inasmuch as
used in letters
Noun
Historical
5. jō; north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system)
Pitch accent
じょ
う
Used in vocabulary (54 in total)
what article (of a legal document, etc.); what clause; which street; (arch.) how can (one possibly do ...); (arch.) cannot possibly ...
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
cable; rope
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
clause; article; stipulations
item; article; clause; section; point
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
(barbed) wire entanglements
first article
rail (of a railroad)
tenet; dogma
golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)
article; clause; stipulation
line; a streak
Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)
Kujō spring onion (variety common in the Kansai region)
preceding article; preceding entry
The Seventeen-Article Constitution
willow twig
Shijō school of Japanese painting (late Edo period)
grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
linear mark; abrasion; scratch; streak
branch (of a tree)
each clause; each article; each item
provisions (e.g. in a constitution); articles; clauses; chapters and sections (of a document)
type of hanging scroll (made from paper of approx. 130cm x 30cm in size)
the next article; the next entry
jōri system of land subdivision in ancient Japan
cestodes; tapeworms
stipulation; article; clause; provision
multigrooved cam
variegated streaks
investigation committee of a local assembly (under Section 100 of the Local Government Act)
soft ray (of a fin)
condition-name
striation; streak line
double-lined mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)
layering (e.g. in gardening)
spring (device)
inter-row space
Shichijō Special Needs School (older name style)
Sanjō Station (Kyoto)
Shijō Station
Nishijō Station
Kujō Station (Osaka)
Gojō Station (Kyoto)
Kamijō Station (Niigata)
Examples (3 in total)
Non-violence is the first article of my faith.
Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.
I hope that Japan will abide by Article 9 of her Constitution.