Meaning of しょう in Japanese | RomajiDesu Japanese dictionary

(n) chapter; section
教科書の各章に約１２もの練習問題がついている。
Each chapter in the textbook is followed by about a dozen comprehension questions.
medal
彼らは賞を取ろうとして互いに競い合った。
They competed with each other for the prize.

しょう(shou) 【象】

象 Kanji

(n) phenomenon

しょう(shou) 【賞】

賞 Kanji

(n, n-suf) prize; award
期待されたとおり彼は賞を得た。
As was expected, he won the prize.

せい(sei) · しょう(shou) · そう(sou) 【姓】

姓 Kanji

(n) surname; family name
あなたの姓はどう発音するのですか。
How do you pronounce your last name?
hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing) →Related words: 姓

せおう(seou) · しょう(shou) 【背負う ·脊負う】

背負脊 Kanji

(v5u, vt) to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to carry on back or shoulder
to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

かね(kane) · しょう(shou) 【鉦】

鉦 Kanji

(n) gong; handbell
鉦や太鼓で探しあてた割には、あいつ期待はずれだったよな。
He turned out to be a real disappointment after we went through hell and high water to find him.

しょう(shou) 【将】

将 Kanji

(n) commander; general; leader
将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ。
He who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.

しょう(shou) 【衝】

衝 Kanji

(n) important point (e.g. on a route)
important role (responsibility, etc.)
(astron) opposition →Related words: 合

しょう(shou) · そう(sou) 【笙】

笙 Kanji

(n) traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

しょう(shou) 【省】

省 Kanji

(n, n-suf) ministry; department
その省は内政問題の行政をつかさどる。
The ministry administers the internal affairs.
province (of China)
(n-pref) saving; conserving →Related words: 省スペース

しょう(shou) 【小】

小 Kanji

(n, n-pref) smallness; small item
short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) →Related words: 小の月
elementary school →Related words: 小学校
younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

しょう(shou) 【床 ·牀】

床牀 Kanji

(ctr) counter for beds

せい(sei) · しょう(shou) 【生】

生 Kanji

(n) life; living
(n, n-suf) I; me; myself

しょう(shou) 【少】

少 Kanji

(pref) small; little; few

しょう(shou) 【頌】

頌 Kanji

(n) praise
hymn (genre of the Shi Jing) →Related words: 六義

しょう(shou) 【簫】

簫 Kanji

(n) xiao (vertical Chinese bamboo flute) →Related words: 洞簫 , 排簫

しょう(shou) 【相】

相 Kanji

(suf) minister of state

しょう(shou) 【升】

升 Kanji

(n) sho (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres)

しょう(shou) · そう(sou) 【荘 ·庄】

荘庄 Kanji

(n, n-suf) manor →Related words: 荘園

しょう(shou) 【抄 ·鈔】

抄鈔 Kanji

(n) excerpt; extract
annotation
shou (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)

しょう(shou) · じょう(jou) 【正】

正 Kanji

(n, n-pref) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior →Related words: 従
director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief →Related words: 長官
(pref) (before a number) exactly; precisely