Japanese

edit
Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
總稱 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

edit

Middle Chinese 總稱

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

(そう)(しょう) (sōshō

  1. general term

Verb

edit

(そう)(しょう)する (sōshō surutransitive suru (stem (そう)(しょう) (sōshō shi), past (そう)(しょう)した (sōshō shita))

  1. mean collectively

Conjugation

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN