O - O

Japanese: 緒 - お

〘noun〙① A thin, long thing such as a thread or string. Something used to tie things together. ※Kojiki (712), Vol. 1, Song: "The sword is far away , but it has not yet come undone."② The strings of musical instruments, bows, etc. [Daijibon New Kegonkyo Ongi (late Nara)] ※Utsubo (around 970-999) Sagain: "Those with holes are for playing, those with holes for plucking."③ A string attached to footwear and worn around the foot. A thong. ※Ogawa Hongankyo Shibun-Ritsu, early Heian period point (around 810): "Six groups of monks were wearing leather sashes with many layers of material."④ The continuation of something for a long time. Also, something that continues. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 15:3775 "Though the new years have not passed , I have not felt any strange feelings ." ⑤ (derived from ④, or from the meaning of something that connects the jewel (soul )) Life. Life. The cord of a jewel. ※Kojiki (712), middle part, folk song "When the boy entered the wood, he tried to steal and kill his wife , but he passed by the door behind him and the door in front of him."

sho [o]

〘Noun〙① A thin string. A thread. Also, the end of a thread. O. (Zhang Heng - Nando Fu) ② The trigger or clue for the beginning or resolution of something. The beginning. The beginning. Cho. ※Bunmeibon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period) "Looking for the _origins of humaneness _and righteousness, exploring the roots of ritual _and music (Sho) ₍ Dokuenki)" ※For the sake of the Japanese language (1895)〈Ueda Mannen〉The future of Japanese linguistics "It has been six hundred and several decades since we began our research into the use of provisional characters in the telhobo language" (North History - Biography of Li Mi)

Cho [O]

〘Noun〙 ("cho" is the conventional reading of "o") A clue. A clue.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① 糸やひもなど細長いもの。物を結びとめるもの。※古事記（712）上・歌謡「太刀が遠(ヲ)も未だ解かずて」② 楽器、弓などの弦。〔大治本新華厳経音義（奈良末）〕※宇津保（970‐999頃）嵯峨院「穴あるものは吹き、をあるものは弾き」③ 履き物につけて、足にかけるひも。鼻緒。※小川本願経四分律平安初期点（810頃）「六群比丘、帯〈ヲ反〉多き革屣を著けり」④ 物事の長く続くこと。また、その続いているもの。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一五・三七七五「あらたまの年の乎(ヲ)長くあはざれど異(け)しき心は吾(あ)が思(も)はなくに」⑤ (④から転じて、あるいは玉（魂）をつなぐものの意から) いのち。生命。玉の緒。※古事記（712）中・歌謡「御真木入日子はや己(おの)が袁(ヲ)を盗み殺(し)せむと後(しり)つ戸よい行き違(たが)ひ前つ戸よい行き違ひ」

しょ【緒】

〘名〙① 細いひも。糸。また、糸の端。お。〔張衡‐南都賦〕② 物事が始まったり解決したりする、そのきっかけや手がかり。いとぐち。はじめ。ちょ。※文明本節用集（室町中）「窺_二仁義之原_一、探_二礼楽之緒(ショ)_一〔独楽園記〕」※国語のため（1895）〈上田万年〉今後の国語学「弖爾乎波仮字遣につきての研究其の緒を開きしよりは、六百数十年も後なり」〔北史‐李謐伝〕