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Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Shift from verb (ちょう)ずる (chōzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

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Verb edit

(ちょう)じる (chōjiruintransitive ichidan (stem (ちょう) (chōji), past (ちょう)じた (chōjita))

  1. to grow into adulthood
  2. to excel

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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN