Reading

Kana: じょ
Romaji: jo
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

order; ordering

2

beginning; start

3

foreword; preface; introduction

See also: 序詞
4

(in gagaku or noh) opening of a song

See also: 序破急

Kanji

Readings: ジョ、 つい.で、 ついで
Meanings: preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally

Example Sentences

警察(けいさつ)秩序(ちつじょ)(たも)ちます。
➥The police keep order.
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序文(じょぶん)にはなんと()いてありますか。
➥How does the preface run?
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()(もの)ついでにでもお()りください。
➥Please drop by when you go out for shopping sometimes.
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この(まち)秩序(ちつじょ)(まも)るのは(むずか)しい。
➥It's difficult to keep order in this town.
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日本(にっぽん)では給料(きゅうりょう)大体(だいたい)年功序列(ねんこうじょれつ)による。
➥In Japan wages are usually in proportion to seniority.
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(すう)(じゅう)(ねん)内戦(ないせん)(のち)秩序(ちつじょ)回復(かいふく)した。
➥After decades of civil war, order was restored.
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