Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
應召 (kyūjitai)

Noun edit

(おう)(しょう) (ōshō

  1. conscription, draft
    • 1931, 宮本百合子, 年譜:
      広島(ひろしま)応召(おうしょう)(ちゅう)だった宮本(みやもと)弟達治(おとうとたつじ)負傷(ふしょう)し、()んだが死体(したい)はみつからなかった。
      Hiroshima ni ōshō-chū datta Miyamoto no otōto Tatsuji ga fushō shi, shinda ga shitai wa mitsukaranakatta.
      Miyamoto's younger brother Tatsuji had been drafted and was in Hiroshima, and there he was injured and died but his body wasn't found.

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(おう)(しょう)する (ōshō suruintransitive suru (stem (おう)(しょう) (ōshō shi), past (おう)(しょう)した (ōshō shita))

  1. be conscripted, be drafted

Conjugation edit