Last Updated：2025/11/20

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. / (countable) A heathen divinity. / (uncountable, informal) Luck.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

See correct answer

joss

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

joss

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dʒɒs/

countable informal uncountable

(countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. / (countable) A heathen divinity. / (uncountable, informal) Luck.

Japanese Meaning

中国の家神または中国の偶像 / 異教的な神（非正統な宗教に由来する神） / 運、幸運（非公式な表現での意味）

What is this buttons?

Every morning the family placed fresh incense before the joss to ask for protection.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

毎朝、家族は加護を願い、中国の家庭の守護神の前に新しい線香を供えた。

Sense（1）

(countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.

Sense（2）

(countable) A heathen divinity.

Don't forget they're mostly just joss-worshipping heathen an' they don't get no kick out of the more classy breeds o' religion. Though I guess there ain't that much diff'rence. It ain't many's so Lord Almighty in theirselves that they don't need a joss of some sort, an' I guess it's what yu think about him matters not the sort o' joss.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(uncountable, informal) Luck.

josses

（ plural ）

Login / Sign up

　

Download the app!

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★