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)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
front; frontage; facade; main
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)
true dharma; true teachings of Buddha; age of the true law (one of the three ages of Buddhism)
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
first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine
A Happy New Year!
senior grade of the third court rank
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
center of a noh stage; Shōchū era (1324.12.9-1326.4.26)
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)
seat of honor; seat of honour
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