由緒

ゆいしょ

history, pedigree, lineage

由緒正しい

ゆいしょただしい

having an ancient and honorable origin

緒

お しょ ちょ

beginning, inception

由ありげ

よしありげ

meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain

由有る

よしある

of rank, of noble birth

緒戦

しょせん ちょせん

beginning of hostilities, beginning of competition

下緒

さげお しもいとぐち

cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi, sword strap, sword knot

緒作

しょさく いとぐちさく

various works

一緒

いっしょ

together

情緒

じょうちょ じょうしょ

emotion, feeling

端緒

たんしょ たんちょ

a clue, start, beginning

心緒

しんしょ しんちょ

emotion, mind

緒論

しょろん ちょろん

introduction, preface

内緒

ないしょ ないしょう

one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

飾緒

しょくしょ しょくちょ

aiguillette (ornamental braided cord)

鼻緒

はなお

sandal strap, geta strap

緒言

しょげん ちょげん

foreword, preface

筈緒

はずお

hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast

由

よし

reason, significance, cause