しょう
Meanings
Noun
1. smallness; small item
2. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
3. elementary school
4. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior
5. younger (of two people with the same name); junior
6. unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
Kanji used
small
Pitch accent
しょ
Top 2100
Used in vocabulary (236 in total)
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)
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
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
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
puniness; youth
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
rifle; small arms
young child; infant
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
petty official; I; me
short break; breather
quiz; short test; mini test
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
microscopic
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)
bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details
small intestine
urine; small amount of water
microcosmos; microcosm
short trip; brief journey; excursion
trifling matter; trifle
trifling matter; urination; urine
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
short break; breather
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
anecdote; brief (comic) story
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
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
fraction (part of); decimal fraction
fifth year of elementary school; fifth year elementary school student
minor incident; sideshow
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
lobe; lobule; lobulus; leaflet; foliole; microphyll
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
small and simple home
short piece of music
slight damage
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
Hinayana (Buddhism); the Lesser Vehicle
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
statuette; figurine
small part (of the whole)
Asia Minor; Anatolia
second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student
less-than mark (<); left angle bracket
small business; small company
small (dinner) party
petty trick; ruse
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
biographical sketch
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
trifling; minor; petty
brute courage
the self; the ego
short article; short essay; (one's own) article or essay
small profit
small stipend
(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
superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom
small animal (mammal)
minor difference
small portion; small serving
elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
small book; my book
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
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
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
minor surgery; minor operation
childish reaction (like that of an elementary school student); unsophisticated reaction
"minor cold" solar term (approx. January 6)
petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
small dictionary; abridged dictionary; pocket dictionary; glossary
small container; person of small capacities
(of a book, etc.) short
small portion; small serving
"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)
(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
lowly person; person with a humble salary; insignificant person
petty bench of the supreme court; small claims court
younger brother; I; me
Little Russia; Ukraine
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)
slight mistake
small area; subregion
superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom; (arch.) small fief
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
small lot (manufacture, etc.)
minute; minuscule
small seal script (arising during China's Warring States period)
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
epitome of Tokyo; miniature Tokyo
just a minute; small quantity
petty; trivial; trifling; paltry; meager; meagre
slight change
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette
radioactive small source
pamphlet; booklet
petty jury; petit jury
Malpighian corpuscle (i.e. renal corpuscle)
lesser trochanter; trochanter minor
brief impression (of); quick comment (on)
parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets
parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
petit mal (seizure)
minor political party
Edo-period small-size single-sheet prints containing puzzles, short stories, etc.; Edo-period playbills
minor Socratic schools (of philosophy)
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
forming a four-of-a-kind by adding a self-drawn tile to an open three-of-a-kind
Small Magellanic Cloud (galaxy)
minor festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)
my manuscript
first anniversary of a person's death
alula; bastard wing
pulmonary circulation
parentheses; parenthesis; (round) brackets
sand martin (Riparia riparia)
small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
young female servant
Examples (3 in total)
Large or small?
Bless these little children.
Which train is bound for Odawara?