注ちゅう

ちゅ

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注する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	注ちゅうする	注ちゅうしない
Polite	注ちゅうします	注ちゅうしません
Past polite	注ちゅうしました	注ちゅうしませんでした
Past	注ちゅうした	注ちゅうしなかった
Te-form	注ちゅうして	注ちゅうしないで
Desire	注ちゅうしたい	注ちゅうしたくない
Potential	注ちゅうできる	注ちゅうできない
Passive	注ちゅうされる	注ちゅうされない
Causative	注ちゅうさせる	注ちゅうさせない
Causative passive	注ちゅうさせられる	注ちゅうさせられない
Volitional	注ちゅうしよう
Polite volitional	注ちゅうしましょう
Imperative	注ちゅうしろ	注ちゅうするな
Conditional	注ちゅうすれば	注ちゅうしなければ
Tara conditional	注ちゅうしたら	注ちゅうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

annotation; explanatory note; comment

Used for notes, comments, or annotations added to a text, document, or data. Often appears in compounds like 注釈 (annotation) or 注記 (supplementary note).

この本ほんには詳くわしい注ちゅうが付ついている。
This book has detailed annotations.
先せん生せいはレポートに短みじかい注ちゅうを加くわえた。
The teacher added a short comment to the report.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に注ちゅうをつけるto add a note/annotation to something
難むずかしい言こと葉ばに注ちゅうをつけた。
I added a note to the difficult word.
注ちゅうを参さん照しょうするto refer to the note
詳しょう細さいについては注ちゅうを参さん照しょうしてください。
Please refer to the note for further details.

Expressions

注ちゅう意いをそらすdistract someone's attention; divert attention
注ちゅう文もんをつけるgive orders; tell someone what to do
ご注ちゅう意いくださいplease be careful; please take care
注ちゅう目もくすべき変へん異い株かぶvariant of interest; VOI

Kanji

注pour, irrigate, shed (tears)
註notes, comment, annotate

Related words

注ちゅう釈しゃく
注釈 refers to a fuller, more formal explanatory annotation, while 注 is the general, shorter term for any note or comment.
注ちゅう記き
注記 is a brief supplementary note commonly used in technical or official documents, whereas 注 is the broader, everyday word for any annotation.
コメントN2
コメント is a casual, spoken or online remark, while 注 is a formal, text-based annotation added to a document.

Don't confuse with

中ちゅうN3
中 (as a suffix meaning 'in the middle of' or 'during') shares the reading ちゅう with 注 but has an unrelated meaning, so learners can mix them up when reading compounds.

Word family· 59

注ちゅう意いN4
attention; notice; heed · care; caution; precaution · advice; warning; reminder · admonishment; reprimand; telling-off
注ちゅう目もくN3
attention; notice; observation
注ちゅう文もんN4
order; place an order · request; demand; condition
注ちゅう射しゃN4
injection; shot; jab
発はっ注ちゅう
ordering; placing an order; order

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受じゅ注ちゅう
order acceptance; receiving an order; orders received
注ちゅう入にゅう
injection; pouring; infusion
注ちゅう力りょく
pour energy into; focus efforts on; concentrate on; commit to
注ちゅう釈しゃく
annotation; explanatory note; commentary
特とく注ちゅう
special order; custom-made; bespoke
外がい注ちゅう
outsourcing; contracting out
注ちゅう視し
gaze steadily at; watch closely; keep an eye on
訳やく注ちゅう
translator's notes; translation with annotations
注ちゅう水すい
pouring water; water supply; flooding; douche
注ちゅう記き
annotation; explanatory note; commentary
脚きゃく注ちゅう
footnote
傾けい注ちゅう
devote oneself to; concentrate one's efforts on
別べっ注ちゅう
special order; custom order
注ちゅう進しん
report; information; notification
注ちゅう解かい
annotation; explanatory notes; commentary
付ふ注ちゅう
annotation; comment; note
傍ぼう注ちゅう
marginal notes; side notes; gloss
再さい注ちゅう
repeat order; reorder
分ぶん注ちゅう
dispensing; aliquoting
原げん注ちゅう
original notes; author's footnotes
古こ注ちゅう
ancient commentaries; classical annotations
圧あっ注ちゅう
douche; irrigation under pressure
失しっ注ちゅう
losing an order; failing to win a contract; closed lost
後こう注ちゅう
endnote
暦れき注ちゅう
almanac notes; calendar annotations

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Written forms

注ちゅうUsage93%
Standard kanji for annotation, comment, or note. High priority.
註ちゅうUsage6%
Variant kanji for annotation; less common in modern usage.

Etymology

The kanji 注 originally meant 'to pour' or 'to concentrate', and by extension came to mean 'to annotate' or 'to add notes'. The variant 註 is a specialized character for annotation.