ショウ
Meanings
Prefix
1. exactly; precisely
before a number
Archaic
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. correct; right; true
Archaic
Noun
3. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior
also じょう
4. director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period); chief
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (57 in total)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
front; frontage; facade; main
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
midnight
net (amount); clear; net weight; net price; cost price; actual content
correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)
guest of honor; guest of honour; main guest at a tea ceremony
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
right style
price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
true; authentic; genuine
book of registration; text of a play
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
genuine autograph; genuine article
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)
cash; ready money; specie (esp. of gold and silver); metallic currency; specie bank
right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)
center of a noh stage
center of a noh stage
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
A Happy New Year!
senior grade of the third court rank
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
(on) the hour
right view
Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
right concentration
genuine article
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
item including a price tag; tagged merchandise; notorious person or thing
Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)
seat of honor; seat of honour
downstage center
meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat
nonmirrored image
Shōgen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13)
those that are able to receive teaching and salvation
returning an object of worship to the main shrine
revealing or demonstrating the truth
Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin
right action; correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)
direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives
wheat starch
correct doctrine; orthodox sect
Shoei Foods Corporation
correct meaning; original meaning; true heart