小

しょう

smallness

N3 #5,951

Meanings

  1. noun, prefix smallness; small item
  2. noun, abbreviation short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
  3. abbreviation urine; piss; pee; urination
  4. noun, prefix, abbreviation elementary school
  5. prefix smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior
  6. younger (of two people with the same name); junior
  7. noun, archaic unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

こ

  1. prefix small; little; slight
  2. slightly less than; just about
  3. somewhat; somehow
  4. sometimes derogatory minor; petty

お

  1. prefix small; narrow
  2. familiar prefix
  3. slightly; a bit

ささ · さざ also 細

  1. prefix small; little

ぐゎー

  1. suffix, Ryuukyuu-ben small; little; dear

さ also 狭

  1. prefix narrow; thin

Its kanji

In sentences

大だいか、小しょうか。 Large or small? #137762

雨あめが小しょうやみになった。 The rains entered a lull. #189675

彼あの名前なまえは小しょう倉くら知ち之これです。 His name is Tomoyuki Ogura. #116025

小しょう林はやしはその音楽おんがくに夢中むちゅうだ。 Kobayashi is lost in the music. #146875

小しょう桃ももちゃんはドイツ出身しゅっしんです。 Little Peach Tree is from Germany. #1787796

今いま、弟おとうとは小しょう6で姉あねは高たか3です。 Now, my younger brother is in 6th grade elementary and my older sister is in 3rd grade highschool. #10287734

彼かれは今晩こんばん小しょう館やかたに到着とうちゃくするだろう。 He will reach Hakodate tonight. #107054

自民党じみんとうが小しょう泉いずみ人気にんきの尻馬しりうまに乗のった。 The LDP rode on the wave of Koizumi's popularity. #74811