Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency29%
Used in (221 in total)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
consumption; expenditure
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
amount of consumption
(process of) elimination
putting out the light; switching off the light
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
fire extinguisher
fire engine; fire truck
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
depression; low spirits; dejection
digestive organs
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
firefighter; fireman
annihilation (of particle and anti-particle)
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
fire brigade; fire company
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
to disappear; to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (of time) to pass; to while away
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
vanishing like mist
deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener
consumer credit (finance, loan)
throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
evaporation; dispersion; dissipation
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
undigested (food); unfulfilled (orders); unused (funds)
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
wave-dissipating concrete block; tetrapod
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
local production for local consumption
spending; consumption; misappropriation; embezzlement
alcohol disinfection; disinfection with alcohol
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to lose contact
rubbing alcohol; alcohol for sterilization
one's life as a consumer
antiseptic; disinfectant
deregistration; cancellation of registration
erasure; paying back debt; effacement
passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
Fire Services Act; fire laws
digestive capacity; digestive power; digestive strength
Consumer Affairs Agency; CAA
indigestible materials
well-informed person; insider
fire station worker; member of a fire station
fire brigade (pre-war Japan)
consumption tax rate; sales tax rate; VAT rate
consumer spending; consumption expenditure
abrasion; wearing out
disappearance (e.g. of a symptom)
deletion; removal; elimination; erasure; cancellation; revocation
extinctive prescription; negative prescription; statute of limitations
anti-inflammatory agent; antiphlogistic
autolysis; autodigestion
dissolution of several sections into a new organization (organisation)
passing one's time
indigestible; digestion-resistant; hard-to-digest
snow melting (usu. a system or device); snow removal
chlorine disinfection; chlorination
demagnetization; demagnetisation; degaussing
embezzlement; misappropriation of public funds; defalcation
personal letter; epistolary style
firefighting vehicle; fire engine
sterilizer; steriliser
alcohol-based (hand) sanitizer
consumer advice; consumer consultation
prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune)
pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow
disaster-preventing incantation; disaster-preventing dharani
to disappear; to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (of time) to pass; to while away
near-extinct language; seriously endangered language
gastrointestinal stromal tumor (tumour); GIST
degausser; demagnetizer
summering; spending the summer
consumer revolution; consumption revolution
lights-out trumpet; lights-out bugle call; taps; last post
consumption of goods (as opposed to services)
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
consumption of services (as opposed to goods)
consumers' cooperative society; consumers' cooperative association
consumer confidence index; CCI; consumer attitude index
nationwide consumption of local products
self-defence fire brigade; fire brigade associated with building, company, etc.
advocacy of consumer rights (product safety, accurate labelling, etc.); consumer activism; consumer advocacy; consumer spending; high levels of consumption
absorbed company; merged corporation
digestion resistant dextrin; indigestible dextrin
city at risk of disappearing (because of decreasing population)
Gaussian elimination
proof of vehicle having been registered as disposed of
fire boat; fireboat
degausser; demagnetizer
consumption pattern
diabetes; gonorrhea (in women)
expenses for consumable goods; supplies expenses
breakwater; wave-absorbing dyke (dike)
consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; (lit.) nest-dweller consumption