しゅう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); canton (e.g. Switzerland); oblast (e.g. Russia); department (e.g. ancient China)
2. continent
Archaic
Suffix
3. dear
after someone's name
Kanji used
state
Pitch accent
しゅ
Top 5100
Used in vocabulary (60 in total)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
(Russian) maritime provinces
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
autonomous prefecture; autonomous oblast; autonomous community; autonomous province
state capital; provincial capital; county town
land of the gods; Japan; China
provincia; province of ancient Rome
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
California (state)
state governor; governor of a state
state boundary; provincial boundary
statewide; all-state
state law; state statute
another state; different region
66-odd provinces of old Japan; (lit.) 60-odd states
state police; provincial police
state-run college; state university
state legislature; state or provincial parliament
state resident; people of a state
the five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia; Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America
Washington (state)
territory; demicanton
America (land mass); the Americas
administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
Guizhou Province (China)
state legislature; state or provincial parliament
every state; every province
Citrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)
Citrus kinokuni (species of mandarin orange)
the six continents; Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia
the seven continents
the seven continents
Tungchow Mutiny (1937); Tongzhou Incident
states' rights theory
Inshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
Rikushū (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
local customs
governor (of province or state); princes; lords
Examples (29 in total)
The Smiths moved to Ohio.
Texas borders on Mexico.
The province is rich in mineral resources.