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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

小しょう

N3
しょう shou
  1. smallness
  2. small item
nounnoun prefix

Chinese meanings

小;小号

Examples

  • サイズは小を選びました。
    I chose the small size.
    我选了小号。
  • この箱は大と小があります。
    This box comes in large and small sizes.
    这种盒子有大号和小号。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('96bec84032'); // 小
{
  "id": "96bec84032",
  "word": "小",
  "reading": "しょう",
  "romaji": "shou",
  "meanings": [
    "smallness",
    "small item"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "n-pref"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 2083540,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "サイズは小を選びました。",
      "en": "I chose the small size."
    },
    {
      "ja": "この箱は大と小があります。",
      "en": "This box comes in large and small sizes."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "a83150565a5f15351f933bc527d9eb80b63b3bf469ab5554361f2ddfecfa22b1",
    "meanings": [
      "小",
      "小号"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "サイズは小を選びました。",
        "zh": "我选了小号。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "この箱は大と小があります。",
        "zh": "这种盒子有大号和小号。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/96bec84032",
      "JMdict ent_seq 2083540; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "ad62b42d74b44266b3f42fb934991165f8c84fa4e6d1f2947c81db47e8c297ef",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}