少しょう
Meanings
Prefix
1. small; little; few
Kanji used
few
Pitch accent
しょ
う
Top 19800
Used in vocabulary (61 in total)
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
boy; juvenile; child
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
small number; few; minority
decrease; reduction; decline
scarce; rare
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
infancy; childhood; tender age
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
scarce; rare
small number of people
small number of people
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
small sum (of money); small amount
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
one's early days; little while
very small; very little; slight; trifling; negligible; insignificant
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
too few; too little; insufficient
small number of children (per family); bearing few children; youngest child (in the family)
trifling; slight
young and old
small territory; assistant director of a district (ritsuryō system)
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
exceedingly little; exceedingly few; scanty; paltry; puny
junior citizen; young citizen
the lesser yin (in yin-yang)
the lesser yang (in yin-yang)
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
small amount of water
momentary thought; brief consideration; one's thoughts; one's opinion; one's view
very few; very little
weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful
short interval of leisure; short break or breather; lull
short and insufficient
(being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness
short interval of leisure; short break or breather; lull
weak opponent; weak enemy
little brother; younger brother; my younger brother; I; me
male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)
low birth rate and low mortality rate
adolescence; boyhood
small favors; small favours
oligosaccharide
tropical wet and dry climate; tropical savannah climate
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)
inspector (of the Dazaifu)
young female servant