Moto 州: State; ProvinceKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュウ、ス
- Kun'yomi
- す
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 137 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュウ・ス)
- 州しゅうstate (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada)
- 欧州おうしゅうEurope
- 九州きゅうしゅうKyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
- 州政府しゅうせいふstate government
- 州都しゅうとstate capital; provincial capital
- 広州こうしゅうGuangzhou (China); Kwangchow
- 沿海州えんかいしゅう(Russian) maritime provinces
- 加州かしゅうCalifornia (state)
- 北九州きたきゅうしゅうKitakyushu (city)
- 大洋州たいようしゅうOceania
- 白州しらすwhite sandbar; white sandbank
- お白州おしらすcourt of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
- アメリカ州アメリカしゅうthe Americas
- ノースウェスト准州ノースウェストじゅんしゅうNorthwest Territories
- ユーコン准州ユーコンじゅんしゅうYukon Territory
- 七大州ななだいしゅうthe seven continents
- 三角州さんかくす(river) delta
- 中州なかすsandbank (in a river); sandbar
- 丹州たんしゅうTanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)
- 九州へ下るきゅうしゅうへくだるto go down to Kyushu
- 九州地方きゅうしゅうちほうKyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands)
- 九州場所きゅうしゅうばしょKyushu (November) tournament, held in Fukuoka
- 九州弁きゅうしゅうべんKyushu dialect
- 九州男児きゅうしゅうだんじstrapping Kyushu lad; virile son of Kyushu
- 五大州ごだいしゅうthe five continents; Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Australia
- 他州たしゅうanother state; different region
- 信州しんしゅうShinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
- 備州びしゅうBishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)
- 全州ぜんしゅうstatewide; all-state
- 八州はっしゅうJapan
- 六十余州ろくじゅうよしゅう66-odd provinces of old Japan; 60-odd states
- 六大州ろくだいしゅうthe six continents; Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia
- 准州じゅんしゅうterritory
- 出州でずspit (of land)
- 合州国がっしゅうこくfederal state
- 四百余州しひゃくよしゅうall China
- 因州弁いんしゅうべんInshū dialect (spoken in eastern Tottori)
- 大州たいしゅうcontinent
- 太平州たいへいしゅうOceania
- 属州ぞくしゅうprovincia; province of ancient Rome
- 州の花しゅうのはなstate flower
- 州俗しゅうぞくlocal customs
- 州兵しゅうへいNational Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
- 州内しゅうないintrastate
- 州境しゅうきょうstate boundary; provincial boundary
- 州外しゅうがいout-of-state
- 州崎すさきsandspit
- 州州しゅうしゅうevery state; every province
- 州権論しゅうけんろんstates' rights theory
- 州民しゅうみんstate resident; people of a state
- 州法しゅうほうstate law; state statute
- 州浜すはまsandy beach; sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form
- 州浜草すはまそうhepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica f. variegata); liverleaf
- 州牧しゅうぼくgovernor (of province or state)
- 州知事しゅうちじstate governor; governor of a state
- 州税しゅうぜいstate tax
- 州立しゅうりつstate-run; state-managed
- 州立図書館しゅうりつとしょかんstate library
- 州立大学しゅうりつだいがくstate-run college; state university
Other readings
- 州々しゅうしゅうevery state; every province
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