ちょう
Meanings
Archaic
Noun
Astronomy
1. Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Counter
Suffix
2. counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
Kanji used
lengthen
Pitch accent
ちょ
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Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
tension; tensile strength
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
good debater
young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training; man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryo system); commoner; servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master