しょう
Meanings
Prefix
1. exactly; precisely
before a number
Archaic
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. correct; right; true
Archaic
Noun
3. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior
also じょう
4. director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief
Kanji used
correct
Pitch accent
しょ
Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
① 嘘・偽りのないこと。② 壁や柱が垂直かどうか調べるために使う道具。下げ振り。
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
① 物の前の面。② 正しく向き合う方向。③ まともに対すること。④ 能舞台の中央から前の部分。
sanity; consciousness; soberness
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise)
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
Shōwa era (1312.3.20-1317.2.3)
guest of honor; guest of honour; main guest at a tea ceremony
true; authentic; genuine
price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation
genuine autograph; genuine article
right mindfulness; true faith (in rebirth in the promised land)
Shōtoku era (1711.4.25-1716.6.22)
① 正しい法則。② 法の理念に則っている法律。③ 本来の教えに則っている、正しい教義。
book of registration; text of a play
(on) the hour
Shōhei era (of the Southern Court) (1346.12.8-1370.7.24)
specie; bullion; cash
① 正風体。② 蕉風。
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
① 正月を祝う言葉。
senior grade of the third court rank
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
① 能舞台の中央。
① 能舞台の中央。
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
revealing or demonstrating the truth
Kanshō era (1460.12.21-1466.2.28)
right concentration
authentic text (as opposed to a copy or duplicate)
genuine article
Bunshō era (1466.2.28-1467.3.5)
man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryo system)
The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven
downstage center (noh)
Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)
meat (esp. chicken) without bones, skin or excess fat
Shōgen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13)
Aryavalokitesvara (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)
① 上客の座る座席。② 正面の座席。
Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin
direct retribution; body and mind one is born into because of karma in previous lives
right action; correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)
wheat starch
correct meaning; original meaning; true heart