疏そ

noun

detailed commentary; annotation; explanatory note

Refers to a scholarly or explanatory commentary, often on classical texts. Commonly appears in the compound 注疏 (ちゅうそ).

See also: 注疏

• この古こ典てんには多おおくの注ちゅう疏そが付つけられている。

  This classic text has many annotations attached.

noun

memorial to the throne; itemized petition

Only with reading そ

Historical term for a formal, often itemized, document submitted to the emperor. Reading is restricted to そ.

• 彼かれは朝ちょう廷ていに疏そを奉たてまつった。

  He presented a memorial to the imperial court.