Definition of じょう
- (n-suf) from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
- aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
- (n) first volume (e.g. book)
- (n, pref) superior quality; best; top; high class
- going up
- governmental; imperial
- presenting; showing
- (pref) ana- (medical, biol.)
- (n) feelings; emotion; sentiment
情は人のためならず。
One good turn deserves another. - compassion; sympathy
- passion; affection; love
- the way things really are; the actual situation
- (ctr) counter for tatami mats
彼は畳の上に大の字になった。
He lay on the mat at full length. - measure of room size (in mat units)
- (n) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period)