"しよう" meaning in Japanese

See しよう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ɕijo̞ː] Forms: shiyō [romanization]
Etymology: (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 templates: {{ja-see-kango|仕様|子葉|止揚|史要|四葉|至要|私用|私傭|使用|枝葉|姿容|施用|視葉|試用|資用|飼養}} (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.) Head templates: {{ja-verb form}} しよう • (shiyō)
  1. volitional of する (suru, “to do”)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "13": "視葉",
        "14": "試用",
        "15": "資用",
        "16": "飼養",
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        "3": "止揚",
        "4": "史要",
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      "ipa": "[ɕijo̞ː]"
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      "other": "しよー"
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Download raw JSONL data for しよう meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "しよう",
  "trace": ""
}

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