Words — 9 found
ちょう
丁
1. counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
挺 【ちょう】、梃 【ちょう】
1. offering oneself (for); volunteering (to do); coming forward; going ahead of others
ていしんたい
挺身隊
1. military unit composed of personnel who have volunteered for dangerous assignments; volunteer corps
1. caudex (of a plant)Biology
ちょうぎん
丁銀
1. chōgin (Edo-period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber)Historical term
挺銀 【ちょうぎん】
1. to put (oneself) forward; to risk (one's life); to volunteer (bravely)See also 身を挺する, usu. as 身を挺する
1. going ahead of the others; advancing ahead of the main forceFormal or literary term