► 名詞
小 [(1)しょう] [coll] meaning: urine rank: 3
☆ 小がしたい ⇨ I need to do No.1 (☛ An abbreviation of 小便)
► 接尾辞
小 [しょう] meaning: school rank: 2
☆ うちの子供は東小に行っている ⇨ My kids go to Higashi elementary school (☛ An abbreviation of 小学校)
► 接頭辞
小 [しょう] meaning: small rank: 1
☆ 小企業に有利な税制 ⇨ Tax system advantageous for small business
小 [こ] meaning: little rank: 2
☆ 小憎らしい事を言うな ⇨ What a bratty thing to say (☛ Not excessive but noticeable)
☆ 小生意気なガキ ⇨ A little cocky brat (☛ Not excessive but noticeable)
小 [こ] meaning: small rank: 2
☆ 小匙一杯の塩 ⇨ A small spoon, teaspoon, of salt
☆ 河の真ん中にある小島 (こじま) ⇨ A tiny island in the middle of a river
More examples:
- 小賢しい口を利くな ⇨ Don’t sass me
- 車体の捩れを最小限に抑える必要がある ⇨ It is necessary to minimize the twisting of the chassis
- 立ち小便禁止 ⇨ No public urinating
- 彼は小数点以下を切り上げた ⇨ He rounded up the numbers below zero
- うちの息子は小さい頃大変な利かん坊だった ⇨ My son was very stubborn when he was little
- この街は大き過ぎないけど小さ過ぎない所が魅力だ ⇨ What is great about this town is that it is not too big but it is not too small
- 小児期の家庭環境 ⇨ Home environment during childhood
- 彼は器が小さい ⇨ He is narrow-minded, petty, incompetent
- 小気味の良い操縦性の車 ⇨ A car with very satisfying handlings
- 劇場は想像より遥かに小さく、せせこましい感じすらした ⇨ The theater was far smaller than I had imagined, even too cramped
- 両国間の国境では小規模の紛争が続いている ⇨ Small military conflicts have been continuing at the border of the two countries
- その小学校は生徒不足で閉校になった ⇨ The elementary school was closed due to the low number of students
- 彼等は電池の高性能化と小型化を追求している ⇨ They are pursuing to make batteries more high-performance and smaller
- 文は全て小文字で書かれている ⇨ The entire sentence is written in lower case
- 気になる噂を小耳に挟んだ ⇨ I heard a worrying rumor