しょう – Vocabulary details

しょう

Noun

1. smallness; small item

光ひかりの小しょう爆ばく発はつが起おこり、一いっ瞬しゅん、視し界かいが光ひかりに満みたされる。A small explosion of light occurs, and for an instant, the field of vision is filled with light.

2. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)

3. urine; piss; pee; urination

4. elementary school

まあ、第だい三さん小しょうの先せん生せいですか。Oh, so you're a teacher at Daisan Elementary?

5. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior

6. younger (of two people with the same name); junior

7. unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

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a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment

small misfortune

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

大だいか、しょうか。

Large or small?

まあ、第だい三さんしょうの先せん生せいですか。

Oh, so you're a teacher at Daisan Elementary?

軽かるく、鋭するどい、しょう爆ばく発はつが起おきた。

A light, sharp, small explosion occurred.

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