Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency20%
Used in (482 in total)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
novel; (short) story
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
primary school; elementary school; grade school
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
novelist; fiction writer
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
small country
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
lane; alley
small island; islet
platoon commander; section commander
reduction; curtailment
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
I; me; my humble self
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
puniness; youth
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
rifle; small arms
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
young child; infant
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
light rain; drizzle
timid person; coward
underestimation; undervaluation
petty official; I; me
short break; breather
quiz; short test; mini test
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
microscopic
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
small and medium
booklet; pamphlet
small village; hamlet
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
petty; trifling
erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel
small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
small intestine
"minor snow" solar term (approx. November 22)
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
urine; small amount of water
microcosmos; microcosm
short trip; brief journey; excursion
trifling matter; trifle
trifling matter; urination; urine
(full-length) novel; long novel
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
short break; breather
decimal point; radix point
small insect; midge; vermicule
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
anecdote; brief (comic) story
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
adventure story; novel of adventure
short and small
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
short piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; small article; small item
elementary and middle school pupils
short essay; pamphlet; tract
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
small piece; fragment; bit
elementary and middle schools
elementary, junior high and high school
little theater; small theater
platelet; thrombocyte
little shop; small shop; my shop; low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel; passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
small calibre; small caliber
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
lull; breathing spell; respite; remission (of an illness); becoming stable
narrow; cramped; small-sized
fraction (part of); decimal fraction
large, medium and small (businesses, rooms, etc.)
minor incident; sideshow
paediatrician; pediatrician
xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
lobe; lobule; lobulus; leaflet; foliole; microphyll
small and simple home
essentially the same with only minor differences
minor feudal lord
short piece of music
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
slight damage
humble position
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
minimization; minimisation
Hinayana (Buddhism); the Lesser Vehicle
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
to wet one's pants; to wet oneself
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
novelizing; novelising
small garden; small place
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock
small hand drum
serial; serialized novel; serialised novel
statuette; figurine
stinking of urine; childish; immature; inexperienced
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
small part (of the whole)
Asia Minor; Anatolia
less-than mark (<); left angle bracket
small business; small company
contemporary novel; modern novel
urinating outdoors; urinating by the roadside
small (dinner) party
petty trick; ruse
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
biographical sketch
petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois
trifling; minor; petty
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
stoma; ostiole
Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain); Petit Julien
brute courage
the self; the ego
elementary school (in Japan; 1886-1941); primary school
small hokora; small shrine
short article; short essay; (one's own) article or essay
minor success; small success
small profit
petty official
small scale; small family
abstinence (in Catholicism)
small stipend
very timid; very nervous; faint-hearted
poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis
(a bit of) fine scenery
short or concise history
Little Kyoto; small town with historical features reminiscent of Kyoto
short interval of leisure; short break or breather; lull
small ball; globule; spherule; pellet
paedophilia; pedophilia; pederosis
person with a humble salary; person of a low condition
superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom
small animal (mammal)
minor difference
short break; breather; brief recess; rest
small portion; small serving
elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school
minimum value; min
Hinayana Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
small book; my book
reduction of armaments; disarmament
weak opponent; weak enemy
small electoral district; single-member constituency
small misfortune
little child; (arch.) male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryo period); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) disciple; I; me
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
novelette; novella; short novel; long short story; medium-length story
lesser omentum
the same elementary school; student at the same elementary school; graduate of the same elementary school
(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
serious novel; genuinely attempted novel
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
minor surgery; minor operation
novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.; Bildungsroman
childish reaction (like that of an elementary school student); unsophisticated reaction
least common multiple; least common denominator
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois
small dictionary; abridged dictionary; pocket dictionary; glossary
auditory ossicles
small container; person of small capacities
science fiction; sci-fi; fantasy fiction
(of a book, etc.) short
"grain full" solar term (approx. May 21)
slight difference; narrow margin
dementia with Lewy bodies; DLB; Lewy body dementia; LBD
short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
small lump; knob; nut; blob
a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)
lowly person; person with a humble salary; insignificant person
petty bench of the supreme court; small claims court
novel depicting customs and manners of the day
single-seat constituency system
younger brother; I; me
going off to urinate together
Little Russia; Ukraine
novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
the lesser yin (within yin-yang)
cellule; cellula; small room (esp. with tatami mats); floret (of broccoli, etc.)
a small kindness; minor good deed
"minor heat" solar term (approx. July 7)
children's hospital; pediatric hospital
just a minute; small quantity
like water off a duck's back; (lit.) urine on a frog's face
little sister; younger sister; my younger sister; I; me
novel written in colloquial Chinese
slight mistake
small area; subregion
lachrymal canal (lacrimal, lacrymal); lachrymal duct
small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)
rubber bag for collecting urine; urinary bladder
shengjian mantou; shengjian bao; type of small, pan-fried pork bun
small political party
small hydropower; micro hydro
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one
small hydropower; micro hydro; small-scale hydroelectric power generation
frenulum; frenum; zonule
small guardrail
small political party
small and of mediocre talent
little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon
being bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous
to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) to kill a small bug and save a large one
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) to let a large bug live and kill a small one
small lot (manufacture, etc.)
short preface; brief foreword
novel written in epistolary style
Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant
minute; minuscule
collection of literary sketches; sketch book
small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period)
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
epitome of Tokyo; miniature Tokyo
petty; trivial; trifling; paltry; meager; meagre
upstage center (in a noh play)
a small leak can sink a great ship
slight change
canceled only in case of heavy rain
endoplasmic reticulum
small and medium-sized rivers
allegory; allegorical tale
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette
small flower; floret; pseudanthium
primary school district; elementary school district
small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
radioactive small source
pamphlet; booklet
follicle; saccule; vesicle; little sac
electoral system comprised of single-seat constituencies and proportionally represented multiple-seat constituencies
swashbuckling stories; martial arts fiction; chivalric knight novels; wuxia xiaoshuo
petty jury; petit jury
subcommittee
lesser curvature (of the stomach); curvatura ventriculi minor
Malpighian corpuscle (i.e. renal corpuscle)
lesser trochanter; trochanter minor
brief impression (of); quick comment (on)
export reduction; export contraction
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; (lit.) let a large bug live and kill a small one
parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets
great virtues extinguish small grudges
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
petit mal (seizure)
minor political party
just-noticeable difference; jnd
Edo-period small-size single-sheet prints containing puzzles, short stories, etc.; Edo-period playbills
smooth endoplasmic reticulum; smooth ER
shrinking family (size)
rough endoplasmic reticulum; rough ER; granular endoplasmic reticulum
timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.)
simple pleasure (in life)
cost minimization; cost minimisation
floating-point base; floating-point radix
minor Socratic schools (of philosophy)
to be content with small successes
(in) a humble position with a small stipend
reduction left ventriculoplasty; Batista procedure
forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind
Ikeda Elementary School massacre (June 8, 2001)
floating-point base; floating-point radix
sultry novel; suggestive story
pure decimal; decimal whose whole number part is zero
Small Magellanic Cloud (galaxy)
minor festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)
my manuscript
summary (e.g. in a thesis); summation
first anniversary of a person's death
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (or Computing); RISC
alula; bastard wing
pulmonary circulation
first anniversary of a person's death
cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); cardamon
poliomyelitis; polio; infantile paralysis
sand martin (Riparia riparia)
brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola); brown-throated sand martin
if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; (lit.) one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
young person; young servant
small mammal; small animal
small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
young female servant