ちょう – Vocabulary details

ちょう

Counter

1. counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding)

2. counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant

3. counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.

Noun

4. even number

5. 109.09 m

ちょ

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

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

私わたしが見みつけたのは１ちょうのハサミだけだった。

I found nothing but a pair of scissors.

合がっ衆しゅう国こくでは２億おく１６００万まんちょうもの鉄てっ砲ぽう類るいが、民みん間かんの手てにあるという。

In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.

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