Meaning of jou in Japanese

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Definition of jou

じょう(jou) 【 尉 】

尉 Kanji Details

  1. (n) jailer; gaoler; old man; rank; company officer
じょう(jou) 【 上 】

上 Kanji Details

  1. (n-suf) from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
  2. aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
  3. (n) first volume (e.g. book) →Related words: 下
  4. (n, pref) superior quality; best; top; high class
  5. going up
  6. governmental; imperial
  7. presenting; showing
  8. (pref) ana- (medical, biol.)
じょう(jou) 【 冗 】

冗 Kanji Details

  1. (n) uselessness
じょう(jou) 【 嬢 ·娘 】

嬢娘 Kanji Details

  1. (n) unmarried woman
  2. (n-suf) (after a name) Miss

    田中嬢は長年アメリカにいたので英語を話すのが非常にうまい。
    Having been in America for many years, Miss Tanaka is a very good speaker of English.

  3. (after a line of work) -ess; -ette
じょう(jou) 【 情 】

情 Kanji Details

  1. (n) feelings; emotion; sentiment

    情は人のためならず。
    One good turn deserves another.

  2. compassion; sympathy
  3. passion; affection; love
  4. the way things really are; the actual situation
じょう(jou) 【 状 】

状 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-suf) shape; state →Related words: 帯状
  2. letter; correspondence →Related words: 招待状
じょう(jou) 【 畳 】

畳 Kanji Details

  1. (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.

  2. measure of room size (in mat units)
じょう(jou) 【 錠 ·鎖 】

錠鎖 Kanji Details

  1. (n) lock; padlock

    ジョージはその犬に鎖をつけた。
    George put a chain on the dog.

  2. (n, n-suf, ctr) tablet; lozenge; pill

    ラベルには一回２錠と書いてある。
    It says on the label to take two tablets.

じょう(jou) 【 条 】

条 Kanji Details

  1. (n) article (in document); provision
  2. stripe; streak; line
じょう(jou) 【 乗 】

乗 Kanji Details

  1. (suf) (nth) power

    ３の３乗は２７である。
    3 to the third power is 27.

  2. (ctr) counter for vehicles
  3. (n) multiplication
  4. (Buddh) Buddha's teachings
じょう(jou) 【 城 】

城 Kanji Details

  1. (suf) castle (in place names)
じょう(jou) 【 穣 】

穣 Kanji Details

  1. (n) 10^28
じょう(jou) 【 丈 】

丈 Kanji Details

  1. (n) 3.03 meters (ten shaku) →Related words: 尺
  2. length; measure
  3. (suf) Mr.; Mrs.
じょう(jou) 【 杖 】

杖 Kanji Details

  1. (n) severe caning (60-100 times) →Related words: 五刑
じょう(jou) · ぞう(zou) 【 判官 】

判官 Kanji Details

  1. (n) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period) →Related words: 四等官
じょう(jou) 【 帖 】

帖 Kanji Details

  1. (n) folding book
  2. (suf, ctr) counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori)
  3. counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc.
  4. counter for pairs of curtains
  5. counter for tatami mats →Related words: 畳
しょう(shou) · じょう(jou) 【 正 】

正 Kanji Details

  1. (n, n-pref) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior →Related words: 従
  2. director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief →Related words: 長官
  3. (pref) (before a number) exactly; precisely
じょう(jou) 【 場 】

場 Kanji Details

  1. (n-suf, n) place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range; course

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