Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency5%
Used in (42 in total)
burning; combustion
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
incineration; destroy by fire
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
spread of fire
death by fire
burned down; entirely destroyed
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
burning (offer) incense
incendiary bomb; firebomb
burning (something) away; burning (something) down
self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire
firing (pottery)
cautery; cauterization
catching fire (from next door); spreading fire
partial destruction by fire
destruction by fire
burning oneself (to death); self-immolation
shōchū distilled from barley
burning earth, e.g. for sterilization and converting compost
damage by fire
altar, stand or table for burning incense
calcination; calcining
roasting (in metallurgy, etc.); calcination; torrefaction
cremation; ashes (of a cremated person); cremated bones
shōchū made from sake lees
burner (e.g. gas); combustor
combustion furnace
completely destroying by fire
incinerated ash; burned ash; ash
fruit, etc. preserved in shōchū