ジュウ
Meanings
Numeric
1. ten; 10
拾 is used in legal documents
Archaic
Noun
2. book containing a collection of poems
Pitch accent
ジュ
Used in vocabulary (92 in total)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
cross; cruciform
twenty; 20
16; sixteen
cross; crossed; cruciform
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
17; seventeen
jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
eleven o'clock
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
thirty; 30
fifty; 50
forty; 40
forty; 40
15; fifteen
ten years; decade
dozens; scores of; decades
several tens
ten-odd; a dozen or so
sixty; 60
ten o'clock
17; seventeen
18; eighteen
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
seventy; 70
seventy; 70
14; fourteen
14; fourteen
eighty; 80
100,000; hundred thousand
ninety; 90
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
19; nineteen
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
ten times; tenfold
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
180 degrees; complete change
ten epithets (of Buddha)
1,000,000,000; billion
second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
utensil; appliance; furniture
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
cross; cruciform
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
fire shovel; fire pan
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
12th anniversary of one's death
16th anniversary of one's death
decennial; recurring every ten years
the strength of ten
the ten good acts; the emperor
cross in a circle
soba made with only buckwheat flour
the ten great disciples (of Buddha)
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
January; (lit.) 13th month
second highest division
ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
duodecimal system; base twelve system
furniture; fixtures
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
rare article; rare utensil
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
excellent poem
the Double Tenth; October 10th Chinese national holiday
outstanding reading ability; (lit.) one glance, ten lines
seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace
Christmas blues; holiday stress (during December)
Examples (22 in total)
The committee is comprised of ten members.
She has ten children.
I have ten children.