しょうじ
Meanings
Noun
1. Kleinigkeit; Nichtigkeit; Bagatelle
Pitch accent
しょ
うじ
Composed of
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)
individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
minor incident; sideshow
kleines Opfer zum Wohle des Großen; Kleinigkeiten im Angesicht der wichtigen Dinge; wenn man sich um große Dinge kümmert, muss man auch die kleinen Dinge im Auge behalten
a small leak can sink a great ship