Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency94%
Used in (87 in total)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
right of succession; right to the throne
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
Shōan era (1171.4.21-1175.7.28); Jōan era
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
(Japanese) imperial succession
ex-post-facto approval
need for social approval and self-esteem
dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal
being already (well) aware
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal
heir to the throne; successor to the throne
letter of acceptance; letter of consent
as you are aware; as you know
Jishō era (1177.8.4-1181.7.14); Chishō era
Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era
as you know; as you are aware
passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition
succession; accession; inheritance
consent; acceptance; agreement
OK; sure; yessir!; okey dokey!; understood
continued (from)
Jōhei era (931.4.26-938.5.22); Shōhei era
hearing; understanding; learning; being informed
Shōō era (1652.9.18-1655.4.13); Jōō era
Jōgen era (1207.10.25-1211.3.9); Shōgen era
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
approver; authorizer
diplomatic recognition (of a country)
Jōwa era (834.1.3-848.6.13); Shōwa era
Jōtoku era (1097.11.21-1099.8.28); Shōtoku era
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
oral literature; folklore
disapproval; dissent; veto
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Tenshō era (1131.1.29-1132.8.11)
Eishō era (1046.4.14-1053.1.11)
oral literature; folk literature
oral literature; folk literature
dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal
unconditional acceptance (of an inheritance); absolute acceptance
unauthorized; unapproved; not recognized
consensual homicide; killing somebody with their consent
certificate of approval
Jōhō era (1074.8.23-1077.11.17); Shōho era; Shōhō era
receiving (order, etc.) reverently
Jōryaku era (1077.11.17-1081.2.10); Shōryaku era
development of a text; the second line in a four-line Chinese poem
regulatory approval of a drug or medical device
what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale
acting on mutual agreement
generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple
approved plan or drawing
banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace)
Ceremony for Inheriting the Imperial Regalia and Seals
Kashō era (1106.4.9-1108.8.3)
consent; acceptance; agreement