小

しょう· also こ、ぐゎー、お

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school

JLPT N3 Common word

Meanings

  1. Noun, Noun, prefix

    smallness; small item
  2. Noun

    short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)Abbreviation
  3. Noun, Noun, prefix

    elementary schoolAbbreviation
  4. Noun, prefix

    smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior
  5. younger (of two people with the same name); junior
All 13 meanings
  1. Prefix

    small; little; slight
  2. slightly less than; just about
  3. somewhat; somehow
  4. minor; petty
  5. Suffix

    small; little; dear
  6. Prefix

    small; narrow
  7. familiar prefix
  8. slightly; a bit
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
  1. Noun

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

Example sentences

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