Kanji
Readingしょ
Frequency60%
Used in (569 in total)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
counter for places
one's possessions; ownership
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
possession; owning
here and there; in places
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
government office; public office
each place; various places
prison; penitentiary
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
clinic; medical office; infirmary
secret or hidden place; female genitalia; the underworld; the other world
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
desire; request; wish
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
station; office; guardroom
opinion; intention; thought
graveyard
court; courthouse
property; possession
municipal office; council; city hall
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
detective bureau; detective agency; investigation firm
magistrate's office
cache; place to hide something
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
works; factory; plant
jurisdiction
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
things at hand; personal belongings
main office; this office
place to die; place of death
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
money in one's possession
the right person in the right place
post; quarters; military station; police station
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
view; opinion; finding; findings
certain place
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
engagement; business; affair; use; need
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
everywhere; at every turn
hiding place; refuge
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
power plant; power station
check station; checkpoint
(in one's) possession
bored; having nothing to do; idle
location; address
ward office; council (regional)
income; earnings
press; print shop; printing office
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
child consultation center; children's welfare center
staff member; station employee; official
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
police substation; residential police box
inside; interior
here and there; everywhere
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
estate; plot of land
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
district court; local court
time required; time taken; necessary time
address; lodgings; accommodation
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; internment; confinement
creche; day nursery
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
meeting place; club
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical
various places; several sources
household; home; family; housekeeping
to take up space; to occupy space
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
result; fruit (of); product (of)
nursery school; nursery
belief; conviction; opinion
business office; place of business
of unknown affiliation
smoking area; smoking corner
branch office; police box; local police station
place of exile
to keep a house; to run a household
transformer substation
included (in a publication); carried; printed
publishing house; publishing office
to touch the vital point
first-aid station
independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
place to go; place one can go
the same place; the same address; the said place
sanatorium; rest home
temple which issues amulets
place to sleep
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
demesne; belonging
to be worn out (from domestic life)
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
ironworks; steelworks
taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office; police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
bureaucratic routine; red tape
branch (office)
address book; list of addresses; mailing list
red-light district
factory; manufactory; works; mill
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
plant; enterprise place; office
confined place; closing (an institution, office, clinic, etc.)
required; needed; necessary
venue cost; venue fee
right place; right position; right post
sawmill; lumbermill
brewery; distillery
storage center; deposit; depository; repository; warehouse
given (e.g. conditions); given thing; data; sense datum
dark place; unlit spot; darkness
farmers' market; farm shop
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
lookout; watchhouse
jurisdiction
tollgate; toll booth
throne; (the place of) a nobleman's seat
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
this place; this office
private office; private practice
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
temple office (for receiving offerings or donations); (historical) office for storing land taxes
private ownership; private property
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
confiscation of property (Edo period)
release on bail; parole
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
commercial go-playing parlour (parlor)
thermal power station (i.e. using combustion)
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
married man or woman; housekeeping
one's opinion
place of assembly
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
local anesthesia; local anaesthesia
article (in a collection, etc.); piece
cloakroom; parcel room
quarantine station
illegal possession; unlawful possession
juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
place where one works; team to which one belongs; place of employment
hydroelectric plant or power station
place of death; place to die
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
general policy speech; speech held by the Prime Minister of Japan at the start of a special or extraordinary Diet session
dance (in kabuki); dance play
institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory
scenic and historic places
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
having no income; state of nonattachment; lack of attachment; not seeking anything
your place; you
printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication)
low income group; low income class
medical office; (out-patient) clinic
breaking through or sneaking past a barrier
illness; fatigue
nyctophobia; fear of the dark; scotophobia
location where a magical being resides; cursed place where disaster after disaster occurs
printer's; print shop
police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station
a palace sanctuary
barracks; camp
economics research centre; economics research center
welfare office; social security office
office of a temple
88 temples (of, or modeled after those of, Shikoku)
person on top of the income scale; top earner
refinery; smelting works
office for rent; office to let
blank; empty space; gap
wish; desire
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
petrol filling station; gasoline filling station
flour mill; gristmill
(Japanese) Court of Impeachment
disposable income; disposable personal income; DPI
large income earner; people in the higher income brackets
laboratory; testing station; research facility
spawning grounds; egg-laying site
abattoir; slaughterhouse
government property; government owned
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
one's birthplace; source
total income; gross earnings
carpentry shop; woodworking plant; sawmill
steelworks; steel mill; steelmaking plant
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
claustrophobia; fear of confined spaces
temporary lodging built to accommodate an Imperial visit
vagrant; transient lifestyle
under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction
intellectual property rights
superior; supervisor
registry office
place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)
official sumo tournament (six per year)
wind farm; windfarm; wind power station
income concealment; (income) tax evasion
imprudence; indiscretion
point of beauty
thoughts; opinions
released prisoner; ex-convict; ex-con
one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn; source; origin; place of production
88 temples of Shikoku (holy spots related to Kobo Daishi)
tax deduction; deduction from taxable income; income exemptions and deductions
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
coming to an office, laboratory, etc.
aerial work platform; elevating work platform; boom lift; bucket truck; cherry picker
sentry post; guard post
court injunction; court order
another place; somewhere else; elsewhere; (arch.) moving (to another place)
Spring Tournament (held in Osaka in March)
workplace; place of work
one's opinion
concavity; hollow; depression
Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books
temporary protective custody facility; temporary care center
place guarded by soldiers; torpedo room
public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
service point; agency; office
head of household
illegal possession; unlawful possession
lacking a portfolio (of a minister of state, etc.)
crash site (esp. aircraft)
allopatry; heterotopy; heterotopia; allopatric; aberrant
thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
damaged spot; damaged part
new household; new home
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness
thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
place of confinement
discouraged person; (like a) sheep being led to a slaughterhouse
competent court; court having jurisdiction (over a matter); court of competent jurisdiction; court of jurisdiction
making regular visits to a social welfare facility
place containing a Buddhist image; place containing a Buddha; pure land; independent workshop of Buddhist sculptors (from the Heian period onward)
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
Autumn Tournament (held in Tokyo in September)
signified
temporary name of the initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
(arch.) birthplace; place of rebirth; place of reincarnation
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
Ōgosho period (between the Kansei Reforms and the Tempo Reforms, approx. 1787-1843)
Osaka (March) tournament
de-facto embassy; liaison office
barbershop; barber shop
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
power (sub)station
pumped storage power plant; pumped storage power station
tax-collection office
cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
appeals court; appellate court
act; deed; one's doing; cause; reason
toilet; lavatory; quiet place
allowance for non-salaried wrestlers during tournaments
people's ownership; publicly owned
physical findings; physical examination findings
parolee; person on parole (from prison)
circumstances of the office
one's former address
provincial tournament, held outside Tokyo
fixed working hours; prescribed working hours
the passive; passive voice
Nagoya Tournament (held in July)
storage center for impounded bicycles and motorcycles
income certificate; certificate of earnings
Kyushu Tournament (held in Fukuoka in November)
miscellaneous (sundry) incomes
scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
being sent to prison
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction (of areas affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
Crown Prince's Palace
(rights to) industrial property
original court; court of first instance
all rights reserved; copyright reserved
audience seating (noh theater); audience (esp. in noh)
locative case; adessive case
exile for crime
New Year's Tournament (held in Tokyo in January)
having a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)
inter-location; inter-company; inter-office
poets can stay in one place and still know all the famous sights
arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue
unit owner (in a condominium or other multi-unit building)
minister without a portfolio
going elsewhere; travelling afar with one's client (of a geisha, etc.)
Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986); Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident
Empress Dowager's palace
local jump; local branch
building consisting of individually owned units, shops, etc.; strata title building; sectional title complex; condominium
unit ownership (in a condominium or other multi-unit building); unit ownership rights
scope of affairs under the jurisdiction
non-local jump; non-local branch
group of independents; usu. informal grouping of independent politicians in the National Diet or in prefectural assemblies
barbershop; barber shop
incumbent member (or candidate) unaffiliated with a party
day-care center; day-care centre
photopic vision; daylight vision; photopia
tied-up places (spots)
World Intellectual Property Organization (Organisation); WIPO
our (the present) business office
welfare workshop; collaborative workshop
working-storage section (COBOL)
representative office (e.g. diplomatic)
shelving location of books (in a library)
conversion station (power, frequency); converter station
waiting wrestler's sitting cushion
the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation
not in keeping with the occasion
infringement of intellectual property rights
billing address (e.g. credit card)
ectopic site
scotopic vision; twilight vision
34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture
conservative without party affiliation
beauty salon; beauty parlor
unlicensed nursery; daycare services offered outside of the scope of traditional nurseries
income-based levy; per income levy; taxation on income basis
worn haggard by household cares
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
heterotopia; heterotopy
county seat; parish seat; borough seat; county town
room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian period palatial-style architecture); room where the emperor usually lives in the imperial palace
support for medical treatment for those on low income; Medicaid
peak-load station; peaking power plant; peaker plant
licensed nursery; authorized daycare center
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
Buddhist seminary
negative income tax; NIT
pension replacement rate; income substitution rate (of the public pension)
Total Cost of Ownership
provisional residence; temporary residence
research institute bulletin
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
conjugal property; joint ownership property of husband and wife
income tax cut; income tax reduction
income tax withheld at the source
court of review; retrial court
factory mark; manufacturing plant identification mark (on goods)
designated city or core city required to run its own public health centers
taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office
empty place; unoccupied space
High Court (of Kamakura); Board of Inquiry
job; role; duty; (job of) collecting land tax (feudal Japan); earnings from land tax
hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble
palace of a retired emperor
Shiyakushomae Station (Fukui)