チョウ
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
Pitch accent
チョ
ウ
Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
nth district of a town; nth city block
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
with a clang; with a bang; with a crash
incorrect collating; pages out of order
(sound of) hitting repeatedly; pummelling; clashing; clacking; clicking (e.g. of go stones)
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
chōgin (Edo-period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber)
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters)
number of leaves (in a book, esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); number of sheets; even number
paging; pagination; numbering
collation of sections (bookbinding); gathering
quire (bookbinding); gathering; section; signature
old and lightly handicapped men (ritsuryō system)
towns and villages (official urban area classification)
signature; print signature
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system)
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)
young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training; man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryō system); commoner