(しょう;じょう) (n,n-pref) (1) (See 従・じゅ) greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior; (2) (しょう only) (See 長官・かみ) director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief; (pref) (3) (しょう only) (before a number) exactly; precisely [EDICT]
(せい) (n,adj-no) (1) (logical) true; regular; (2) 10^40; (3) (abbr) (See 正本・せいほん) original; (4) {math} (See 負・ふ) positive; greater than zero; (P) [EDICT]
(まさ) (n,adj-na) (arch) (See 正に) exact; precise [EDICT]
(zhēng, ㄓㄥ) Chinese 1st month of year [CE-DICT]
(zhèng, ㄓㄥˋ) just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; positive; greater than zero; principle [CE-DICT]
而
(ér, ㄦˊ) and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) [CE-DICT]
是
(これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT]
