Japanese Jouyou-kanji “除” means “Division (calculation)”, “Brush off” or “Get rid of” etc.
| Words |
Meanings |
| 除目(じょもく-jo mo ku) |
Ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period) |
| 除外(じょがい-jo ga i) |
Exclusion, Exclusion, Deselection, Foreclosure |
| 除官(じょかん-jo ka n) |
Dismissing the original official position and giving a new official position |
| 除去(じょきょ-jo kyo) |
Removal, Elimination, Getting rid of, Obviation |
| 除数(じょすう-jo su u) |
Divisor |
| 除籍(じょせき-jo se ki) |
Expulsions, Dismissals, Removing a name |
| 除雪(じょせつ-jo se tsu) |
Clear away the snow, Snow-removal |
| 除草(じょそう-jo so u) |
Weeding, Weed killing |
| 除隊(じょたい-jo ta i) |
Military discharge |
| 除虫菊(じょちゅうぎく-jo chu u gi ku) |
Pyrethrum |
| 除服(じょふく-jo fu ku) |
Coming out of mourning, End of mourning |
| 除法(じょほう-jo ho u) |
Division (calculation) |
| 除幕(じょまく-jo ma ku) |
Unveiling (a statue, monument etc) |
| 除名(じょめい-jo me i) |
Dismissal from membership, Dropping a name (from a list), Expulsion, Excommunication |
| 除夜(じょや-jo ya) |
New Year’s Eve |
| 解除(かいじょ-ka i jo) |
① Termination (of a contract), Cancellation, Rescinding, Rescission, ② Lifting (of a ban, sanctions etc), Removal, Release (from obligations), Cancellation (of a warning, alert etc), Calling off (e.g. a strike), Releasing (a lock) |
| 駆除(くじょ-ku jo) |
Extermination, Destruction, Stamping out |
| 控除(こうじょ-ko u jo) |
Deduction, Subtraction |
| 削除(さくじょ-sa ku jo) |
Deletion, Elimination, Omission, Erasure, Striking out |
| 乗除(じょうじょ-jo u jo) |
Multiplication and division |
| 掃除(そうじ-so u ji) |
Cleaning, Sweeping |
| 排除(はいじょ-ha i jo) |
Removal, Exclusion, Elimination, Clearing away, Getting rid of |
| 免除(めんじょ-me n jo) |
Exemption, Immunity, Waiver |
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