meaning'little, small'
 onyomiショウ
 kunyomiちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-
termpronunciationEnglish
チイ・サイ、こ、おsmall
小さいちいさいsmall
しょうじん/こびとdwarf
こがたなpocket knife
こごえa low voice, a whisper
こづつみparcel, package
だいしょうsize
こやa hut, a shed, a shack, a booth, a pen
おがわa brook, a stream
こゆびthe little finger
しょうすうfraction (part of), decimal
こばやしKobayashi: a Japanese surname
しょうがっこうprimary school
さんおじさんmiddle-aged gentleman, uncle
いぬごやkennel
しょうがくせいprimary school student
こいしpebble
しょうしbook cover
はなしtale
しょうせつa novel
しょうせつかa novelist, a story writer
こづかいpersonal expenses, pocket money, spending money,
こぜにsmall change
こさめdrizzle, light rain
ことりa small bird
こむぎwheat
こむぎこflour
ちゅうしょうきぎょうsmall to medium enterprises, smaller companies
ちゅうしょうきぎょうちょう(Japanese) Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
は小よりじじつはしょうせつよりきなりTruth is stranger than fiction
ぼうけんしょうせつadventure story, novel of adventure
みぎしょうかっこclosing parenthesis
こぞうyoungster; young Buddhist priest
しょうにyoung child, infant
しょうさっしbooklet, pamphlet
こきざみmincing, bit by bit
こうたballad
こがたsmall size, tiny
しょうがくelementary school, primary school, grade school
しょううちゅうmicrocosmos, microcosm
こやまhill, knoll
こじまsmall island, islet
こはばsingle-breadth cloth, approx. 36 cm wide
しょうこうlull
しょうわくせいasteroid
しょうけいa short break or breather, brief recess
こえだtwig, spray
こづかknife attached to the sheath of a sword
こむくどりred-cheeked myna (Sturnus phillippensis), violet-backed starling
こまゆみ, コマユミspindle tree, euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
おたきcascade
のプーさんこぐまのプーさんWinnie the Pooh
こるり, コルリSiberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane) (Erithacus cyane?)
こざらsmall dish
しょうろくsmall stipend
こいきsmart, stylish
こつぶsmall grain, small stature or ability
こぎれいneat, trim, tidy, pretty
こみみにはさむto happen to hear, to overhear
しょうちょうsmall intestine
こぶねboat, small craft
こなすびsmall eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
しょうきぼsmall scale
あずきadzuki beans
しょうせんきょくsmall electoral district, single-member constituency
こばちsmall bowl
しょうじゅうrifle, small arms
こざかなsmall fish, fry
じゅんかんしょうすうrecurring decimal
びしょうmicroscopic
たんていしょうせつdetective story
すいりしょうせつmystery or detective novel
しゅくしょうreduction, curtailment
しばいごやplayhouse, theatre, theater
ふくろこうじblind alley, cul-de-sac, impasse, dead-end (street)
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