総称

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Middle Chinese 總稱

Pronunciation

Noun

(そう)(しょう) (sōshō

  1. general term

Verb

(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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN