所用

Japanese

Kanji in this term
所	用
しょ Grade: 3	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょよー [shòyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞jo̞ː]

Noun

所(しょ)用(よう) • (shoyō)

business; engagement
父(ちち)は所用(しょよう)で少(すく)なくとも毎月一回(まいげついっかい)は上京(じょうきょう)する。
Chichi wa shoyō de sukunakutomo maigetsu ikkai wa jōkyō suru.
Father goes up to Tokyo on business at least once a month.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
所	用

Noun

所用 • (soyong) (hangeul 소용)

hanja form^? of 소용 (“use; good”)