じょう
Meanings
Counter
Noun
1. article (in document); provision
2. stripe; streak; line
Suffix
3. although; though
4. since; as; because; inasmuch as
Pitch accent
じょ
Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo); what article? (in a law); (arch.) how can?; (arch.) cannot possibly
Examples (3 in total)
Non-violence is the first article of my faith.
Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.
I hope that Japan will abide by Article 9 of her Constitution.