しゅう
Meanings
Noun
1. great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses
Noun
Suffix
Familiar language
Honorific
2. people; folk; clique; bunch
Kanji used
a lot of people
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (54 in total)
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
all eyes; public attention
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
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
women; maidservant
audience; congregation
the vulgar masses
mass meeting
crowd (of people); large group of people
male homosexuality; pederasty
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
people; crowd; masses; the public
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
the many and the few
the wisdom of the many; well-known
samurai for the shogunate
large number of priests
common talk; talk of the town; words of many people
the wisdom of the many
assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (monks and laity of) the Jishū sect
House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
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
deva; celestial being
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 whole assembly; the whole congregation
public opinion
dandy; gallant; chivalrous person
the multitudes; the people
the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses; many blind people
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
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