- 1. [exp] many years of stress and anxiety (as would cause one's hair to grow white); three-thousand jō of white hair (nine kilometers) — oft. used hyperbolically (form)
Kanji in this word
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白
whiteOn: ハク (haku)、 ビャク (byaku)Kun: しろ (shiro)、 しら- (shira-)、 しろ.い (shiro.i)
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髪
hair of the headOn: ハツ (hatsu)Kun: かみ (kami)
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三
threeOn: サン (san)、 ゾウ (zou)Kun: み (mi)、 み.つ (mi.tsu)、 みっ.つ (mit.tsu)
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千
thousandOn: セン (sen)Kun: ち (chi)
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丈
length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms., height, stature, all (one has), only, that's all, merelyOn: ジョウ (jou)Kun: たけ (take)、 だけ (dake)