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The Kanji Readings & Meanings
しゅう - a state (US's states) 欧州 ou shuu - Europe (used in newspapers)
九州 kyuu shuu - the most southern of the 4 major Japanese islands
フロリダ州 furorida shuu - the state of Florida
しゅうじゅうひろ- pick up  収拾 shuu shuu - settling, coping
命拾い inochi biroi - barely escaping a dangerous situation
しゅうまわ- around an area 周波数 shuu ha suu - frequency (of radio waves)
周り mawari - surroundings, things (or people) around
しゅうふねふな - a small boat 宇宙船 u chuu sen - space ship
客船 kyaku sen - a passenger ship
黒船 kuro fune - the black ship; foreign ships in the Edo period
じゅうにゅうやわらかい - soft (to the touch) 柔道 juu dou - Judo
優柔不断 yuu juu fu dan - indecisiveness
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しゅくやどやどる:やど- to stay, lodge, an inn 宿命 shuku mei - fate, destiny
宿直 shuku choku - night watch, night gaurd
じゅつべる - to speak, to state 申し述べる moushi noberu - to say, to state
口述 kou jutsu - verbal statement
じゅつ - an art 技術 gi jutsu - technology, a technique, skill
読唇術 doku shin jutsu - lip reading
忍術 nin jutsu - the art of the Ninja, stealth & combat
じゅん - order,a turn, obey 従順 juu jun - obedience
順調 jun chou - favorable, smoothness, smoothly
じゅん - standard, a rule, semi~ 水準 sui jun - water level
準備中 jun bi chuu - in preparation, not open yet (business)
じゅん - pure, purity 単純 tan jun - simplicity
単純に言えば tan jun ni ieba - to put it simply, simply put...
しょところ - place, area 水洗便所 sui sen ben jo - flush toilet
住所 juu sho - address (home)
台所 dai dokoro - kitchen
しょ - deal with, to manage 処理 sho ri - managment
処分 sho bun - disposal, punishment
しょ - government office 消防署 shou bou sho - fire station
税務署 zei mu sho - tax office
しょ - many 諸君 sho kun - Ladies and Gentlemen!
諸国 sho koku - various countries
じょたすける:たすかる - to help 救助 kyuu jo - aid, help, relief
助言 jo gen - advice, suggestion
しょう - chapter (in a book) 序章 jo shou - preface
第一章 dai isshou - the first chapter
しょうく:ける - to burn 日焼け hi yake - sun burn
夕焼け yuu yake - sun set
焼き鳥 yaki tori - grilled chicken
しょうぞう - image, elephant 印象 in shou - an impression
印象派 in shou ha - the impressionists
しょうる:らす:れる - illuminate 照明 shou mei - illumination
対照 tai shou - contrast
しょう - prize, award ノーベル賞 no-beru shou - the Nobel Prize
賞品 shou hin - prize, trophy
しょうまね- to invite 招き猫 maneki neko - cat that invites customers
招待 shou tai - invitation
しょうせい - nature, gender 可能性 ka nou sei - possibility, likelihood
感性 kan sei - sensitivity, sense
特性 toku sei - characteristic
しょう - general officer 将棋 shou gi - Japanese chess (game)
将軍 shou gun - Shogun, general
将来 shou rai - the future
しょうそうdress, decoration よそお- to dress, to adorn 変装 hen sou - disguise, masquerade
舗装 ho sou - pavement, surface of road
しょう- to summon 召し上がる meshi agaru - to eat (polite)
召し使い meshi tsukai - a servant
しょうとこbed ゆか - floor 寝床 ne doko - bed
万年床 man nen doko - a bed long left unmade
しょうせい - surname, family name 旧姓 kyuu sei - former name, maiden name
同姓 dou sei - same name
しょうのぼ- ascend, to rise, to go up 昇格 shou kaku - raise of status
昇給 shou kyuu - raise of salary
しょう - introduce 紹介 shou kai - introduce, introduction
自己紹介 ji ko shou kai - self-introduction

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