various

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is しょ, and the kun reading is もろ. It has 15 strokes and relates to various members of a group or all sorts of things.
• Basic usage: 諸国 is read しょこく, and 諸々 is read もろもろ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 諸国 and 諸々
  • 諸国 means various countries or many lands. It is read しょこく and refers collectively to various countries or many lands.
  • 古い港には諸国から香辛料や布が運ばれてきた。 means “Spices and fabrics from many countries arrived at the old port.”
  • 諸々 means various or all sorts of. It is read もろもろ and modifies a following noun, as in 諸々の, to mean various or all sorts of.
  • 引っ越しに伴う諸々の手続きを一日で済ませた。 means “I completed the various procedures associated with moving in a single day.”