しよう

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of しよう – see the following entries.
【仕様】
[noun] means, method
[noun] short for 仕様書 (shiyōsho, “spec, technical specification”)
【子葉】
[noun] cotyledon
【私用】
[noun] personal use; private use
[verb] to assume personal or private use of
【使用】
[noun] use, usage
[verb] use, utilize
【枝葉】
[noun] branch and leaf
[noun] trivia, nonessential
【試用】
[noun] trial (use)
[verb] to try out something
(This term, しよう (shiyō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しよう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しよう.)

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 止揚, 史要, 四葉, 至要, 私傭, 姿容, 施用, 視葉, 資用, 飼養.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しよー [shìyóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɕijo̞ː]

Verb

しよう • (shiyō) 

  1. volitional of する (suru, “to do”)
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