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Meaning of (しょう) in Japanese

JLPT 3
Kana Reading
しょう
Romaji
shō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix
    Meaning
    prize; award
    Example sentence
    一般投票による「ピープルズ・チョイス」が今年発表され、メル・ギブソンとジュリア・ロバーツが最人気ある映画男優女優選ばれた The "People's Choice" award, by public polling, was announced again this year and Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts were selected as the most popular male, and female, film actors.

Examples of 賞, しょう in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 2

15 strokes

prize, reward, praise

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ほ.める

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