しょ
Meanings
Counter
Suffix
1. counter for places
Kanji used
place
Pitch accent
しょ
Top 6000
Used in vocabulary (239 in total)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
one's possessions; ownership
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
possession; owning
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
government office; public office
each place; various places
clinic; medical office; infirmary
secret or hidden place; female genitalia; the underworld; the other world
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
station; office; guardroom
court; courthouse
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
magistrate's office
station; office; guardroom
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
works; factory; plant
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
main office; this office
post; quarters; military station; police station
view; opinion; finding; findings
certain place
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
engagement; business; affair; use; need
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
hiding place; refuge
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
power plant; power station
check station; checkpoint
(in one's) possession
location; address
income; earnings
press; print shop; printing office
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
consultation office; information center; bureau; agency
staff member; station employee; official
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
police substation; residential police box
inside; interior
here and there; everywhere
estate; plot of land
estate; plot of land
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
address; lodgings; accommodation
creche; day nursery
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
meeting place; club
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical
household; home; family; housekeeping
result; fruit (of); product (of)
nursery school; nursery
belief; conviction; opinion
business office; place of business
smoking area; smoking corner
branch office; police box; local police station
transformer substation
publishing house; publishing office
first-aid station
place to go; place one can go
place to go; place one can go
the same place; the same address; the said place
sanatorium; rest home
temple which issues amulets
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
nuclear power plant; nuclear power station
ironworks; steelworks
branch (office)
factory; manufactory; works; mill
plant; enterprise place; office
required; needed; necessary
sawmill; lumbermill
brewery; distillery
storage center; deposit; depository; repository; warehouse
dark place; unlit spot; darkness
farmers' market; farm shop
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
jurisdiction
tollgate; toll booth
throne; (the place of) a nobleman's seat
this place; this office
dangerous area; perilous road; red-light district; house of ill repute; brothel
expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
thermal power station (i.e. using combustion)
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
one's opinion
place of assembly
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
cloakroom; parcel room
quarantine station
hydroelectric plant or power station
place of death; place to die
public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
your place; you
printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication)
medical office; (out-patient) clinic
illness; fatigue
location where a magical being resides; cursed place where disaster after disaster occurs
printer's; print shop
office of a temple
refinery; smelting works
blank; empty space; gap
wish; desire
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
petrol filling station; gasoline filling station
flour mill; gristmill
laboratory; testing station; research facility
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
one's birthplace; source
carpentry shop; woodworking plant; sawmill
steelworks; steel mill; steelmaking plant
place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival
under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction
lookout; watchhouse
registry office
place (to run a business, e.g. street stall)
official sumo tournament (six per year)
wind farm; windfarm; wind power station
point of beauty
one's time (e.g. to go on stage); one's turn; source; origin; place of production
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
coming to an office, laboratory, etc.
another place; somewhere else; elsewhere; (arch.) moving (to another place)
concavity; hollow; depression
here and there; in places
temporary protective custody facility; temporary care center
service point; agency; office
lacking a portfolio (of a minister of state, etc.)
damaged spot; damaged part
thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon (Avalokitesvara)
place of confinement
making regular visits to a social welfare facility
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
signified
temporary name of the initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
(arch.) birthplace; place of rebirth; place of reincarnation
barbershop; barber shop
power (sub)station
pumped storage power plant; pumped storage power station
tax-collection office
cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
toilet; lavatory; quiet place
service point; agency; office
circumstances of the office
the passive; passive voice
original court; court of first instance
audience seating (noh theater); audience (esp. in noh)
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
address (of a letter, parcel, etc.); destination
service point; agency; office
locative case; adessive case
barbershop; barber shop
photopic vision; daylight vision; photopia
welfare workshop; collaborative workshop
working-storage section (COBOL)
representative office (e.g. diplomatic)
conversion station (power, frequency); converter station
ectopic site
beauty salon; beauty parlor
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
Buddhist seminary
government-run workshop of Buddhist sculptors (during the Nara period)
court of review; retrial court
hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble
hairdresser's room in the residence of the shogun or a noble