Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しょうこう – see the following entries.
商工
[noun] commerce and industry
[noun] merchants and businesspeople
症候
[noun] medical symptoms
小康
[noun] a lull, a respite, a breathing spell, a short time of peace
将校
[noun] a commissioned officer
紹興
[proper noun] Shaoxing (a prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China)
(This term, しょうこう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)