しゅうしゅう

See also: しゅうじゅう and じゅうじゅう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅうしゅう [shúꜜùshùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨːɕɨː]

Noun

しゅうしゅう or シューシュー • (shūshū) 

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of steam or water gushing out

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しゅうしゅう – see the following entries.

【収集】 [noun] collection, collecting [verb] to collect, to gather Alternative spellings 蒐集, 聚集

【収拾】 [noun] settling a situation, controlling things [verb] get under control, save, save the situation

【啾啾】 [adjective] softly crying, keening Alternative spelling 啾々

(This term, しゅうしゅう (shūshū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 蒐集, 修習, 集輯, 緝輯, 舟楫, 秋収, 習々.)