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
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Used in vocabulary (236 in total)
① 散文で作成された虚構の物語。
① 小さな家。② 家畜などを入れておく小さな建物。③ 芝居などを催すための建物。④ 平安時代の、衛府の役人の詰め所。⑤ 江戸時代の、城中や藩士の家にあった下級藩士の住居。⑥ 天井と屋根の間。
① 小学校に在籍している児童。
① 児童に初等教育をおこなう学校。多くの国・地域で義務教育の一部。修養年限は多く4年から6年。
① 軍隊の編制上の単位の一つ。分隊の上、中隊の下。
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)
① 成体になっても体が小さい動物。
① 夏・殷・周において八歳以上の児童を教育した学校。② 近世以前の中国における、経学のひとつで文字・音韻を研究する学問。③ 「小学校」の略。
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
lane; alley
① 小さい島。おじま。
reduction; curtailment
① ものを削ったり、細工をするときに用いる小形の刃物の総称。ナイフ。② 小さな刀。③ 刀の鞘に差し添える小さな刀。小柄。
① 腎臓で、血液から余分な水分とともにこしとられた老廃物、尿。② 語義1を体外に排出すること、排尿、放尿。③ 約束を反故にすること。
I; me; my humble self
puniness; youth
① 最も小さいこと。
① 歩兵向けに作られた小型の軍用銃。ライフル。ライフル銃。
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
① 非常に小さいこと。
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
① 太陽系の天体のうち惑星や準惑星より小さいもので、拡散成分のないもの。
① 臆病な心持。
small and medium
① 小型で薄い書物。
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
① 消化器官の一部。胃と大腸の間にあり、食物を消化し、栄養分を吸収する機能を有する。十二指腸、空腸、回腸からなる。
urine; small amount of water
microcosmos; microcosm
short trip; brief journey; excursion
① 些細な事柄。
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
① 大事に至らぬうちに消し止められた小さな火事。
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
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
① 小さい葉。② 複葉を構成する葉身の各部分。
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
small and simple home
short piece of music
slight damage
① 小学校三年生。
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
① 歩兵または兵士一人が持ち運びできる拳銃や小銃などの火器や手榴弾などの爆弾。
① 小学校三年生。
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
① 量が少ないこと。② 度量が狭いこと。
biographical sketch
first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student
trifling; minor; petty
brute courage
the self; the ego
① 規模の小さな論文・論説。② 自分の論文・論説。
① 小さな利益。
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
① 小さい獣。
minor difference
small portion; small serving
elementary school (esp. the elementary school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); primary school
① 官職に就いている者が自分を謙っていう語。
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
① 部首「⼩」で分類した漢字の一群。
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
① 自宅を謙遜していう語。拙宅。
① 臼歯のうち、犬歯に近い歯。
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
① 《地震学》マグニチュード3以上5未満の地震。
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.)
① 細かく小さなこと。
① 中国古代の書体である篆書の一種。秦始皇帝により統一された書体で、統一前の「大篆」に対する語。大篆(籀文、籀書)をもとにw:李斯が定めたものとされる。比較的煩雑な書体であったため、単純化・簡素化され隷書が発生、漢代には公的には用いられなくなった。
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
epitome of Tokyo; miniature Tokyo
① 数や量などがわずかであること。またそのさま。すこし。② 程度が甚だしくないこと。またそのさま。一般的には「やや」に近いが、文脈により「かなり」に近い意味まで指すこともある。③ ある程度。甚だしくない程度。④ 取り立てて言うほどのこともないこと。些細なこと。⑤ 短い時間。しばらく。
petty; trivial; trifling; paltry; meager; meagre
slight change
① Category:_生物学《生物学》仁とも。真核生物の細胞核内に存在する、膜構造をもたない小球。RNAとタンパク質から構成され、リボゾームRNAの産生などに機能する。
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette
radioactive small source
pamphlet; booklet
petty jury; petit jury
Malpighian corpuscle (i.e. renal corpuscle)
① Category:_生物学《生物学》哺乳類のメスにおいて、遺伝子量補償のために、染色体のほぼ全域に渡ってヘテロクロマチンが形成されたX染色体。
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?