Kanji
Readingしゅう
Frequency63%
Used in (129 in total)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
people; populace; masses
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
general public; the masses
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
the public; general public
audience; attendance; hearers
public telephone; pay phone
federation; federal state; United States of America
all eyes; public attention
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
(in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one)
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony); young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute); younger partner in a homosexual relationship
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
the people; the public
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
public lavatory; public restroom
women; maidservant
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
popularization; popularisation
ordinary people; general public; public at large
sanitation; public health
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
audience; congregation
the vulgar masses
mass meeting
mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
down-market; popular; mass-market
crowd (of people); large group of people
male homosexuality; pederasty
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
people; crowd; masses; the public
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper
public confidence; popular support
House of Representatives election; lower house election
mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy
the many and the few
the wisdom of the many; well-known
samurai for the shogunate
popularization; popularisation
popular entertainment; mass entertainment; public amusement
large number of priests
deciding unanimously or by consensus
common talk; talk of the town; words of many people
assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (monks and laity of) the Jishū sect
mass movement; popular movement
low-cost car designed for the mass market; economy car; popular car
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
dissolution of the lower house of parliament
member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives
multitude; great numbers
humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot; bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
public opinion
United Mexican States (Mexico)
the masses; common people
deva; celestial being
over-the-counter drug
cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
various theories
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); the four assemblies
the masses; ordinary people
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
The consensus of opinion is that ...; It is widely agreed (admitted) that ...
speaking with one voice; being unanimous
the whole assembly; the whole congregation
to sell out to the masses
public opinion
dandy; gallant; chivalrous person
Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet
dissolution of the lower house of parliament
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
the multitudes; the people
the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses; many blind people
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
(adopting) a popular line; (taking) a populist line
mass (labor) negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation
feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
public line (as opposed to a private or leased line)
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
public booth; public kiosk
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet
(in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament
railway station built with government and popular support
holding the attention of the audience
holding the attention of the audience
children; child; young male prostitute; prostitute
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
numerous sufferings; suffering of many people
important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders