しょう
Meanings
Noun
1. small number of children (per family); low birth rate
2. youngest child (in the family)
Kanji used
few
child
Pitch accent
しょ
うし
Composed of
small; little; few
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity