じょう

Noun
Counter

1. article (in a document); clause; section; provision

暴力 ぼうりょくというのは わたくし信仰 しんこう だい いっ じょうだ。
hibōryokuto iu nowa watashino shinkōno dai ichijōda
Non-violence is the first article of my faith.
Counter

2. counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.

Conjunction

3. although; though

Conjunction

4. since; as; because; inasmuch as

Noun

5. jō; north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system) — explanation

Dated
Related to 条坊制