little, small

3 strokesFrequency 114JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ショウ

Kun

ちい.さいこ-お-さ-

Nanori

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

littlesmall

Mnemonic Stories

Visually, picture a small penguin. Cute!

Dictionary

Common Words

Freq #59
1

Prefix

small; narrow

2

Prefix

familiar prefix

3

Prefix

slightly; a bit

小さいいさ~い Adj.Freq #334
1

small; little; tiny

Examples
その机はメグには小さすぎる。
The desk is too small for Meg.
2

slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small

3

low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

4

unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial

5

young; juvenile

子供子どもどもNounFreq #531
1

child; children

Examples
あなたには何人子供がいますか。
How many children do you have?
小さないさなFreq #539
1

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

small; little; tiny

Examples
その犬は小さな男の子に向かって唸った。
The dog growled at a little boy.
少女ょうじょ小女NounFreq #1306
1

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady

2

Archaic

female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

少々ょうしょう少少小々小小NounAdverbFreq #1840
1

a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; a pinch; some

Examples
ぼくは少々君に腹が立っているんだ。
I'm a little angry with you.
2

a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute; a second

ょうFreq #2064
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a prefix

smallness; small item

Examples
大か、か。
Large or small?
2

Abbreviation; Common noun

short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)

3

Abbreviation; Common noun; Noun, used as a prefix

elementary school

4

Noun, used as a prefix

smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior

5

Noun, used as a prefix

younger (of two people with the same name); junior

6

Archaic; Common noun

unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

小学校ょうがっこうNounFreq #2883
1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

Examples
あなたは小学校に通っているの?
Do you go to an elementary school?
じさん伯父さん叔父さん小父さんオジサンオジさんNounUsually kanaFreq #3182
1

Honorific; Familiar; 伯父さん is older than one's parent and 叔父さん is younger

uncle

2

Familiar; Usu. 小父さん or おじさん; vocative

old man; mister

3

Usu. オジサン

manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

小説ょうせつNounFreq #3302
1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

Examples
事実は小説よりも奇なり。
Fact is stranger than fiction.
トムは小説を読んでいる。
Tom is reading a novel.

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