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鐺璫木尻小尻こじりNounFreq #77452
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鐺／璫／小尻 only

(ornamental) tip of a scabbard

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鐺／璫／木尻 only

bottom of a bargeboard or cantilever

血小板けっしょうばんNounFreq #78465
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Biology; Anatomy

platelet; thrombocyte

大事の前の小事だいじのまえのしょうじExpressionFreq #78554
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Proverb

don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise)

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Proverb

read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

少女小説しょうじょしょうせつNounFreq #78608
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novel for young girls

大同小異だいどうしょういNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #78868
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essentially the same with only minor differences

Examples
この二つは大同小異だ。
There is not much difference between the two.
一回り小さなひとまわりちいさなFreq #79102
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Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

a size smaller

事実は小説より奇なり事実は小説より奇也じじつはしょうせつよりきなりExpressionFreq #79310
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Proverb; From the English saying

truth is stranger than fiction

Examples
最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。
You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
大は小を兼ねるだいはしょうをかねるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #79548
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Proverb

the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small

Examples
ちょっと大きいけど、この封筒でいいや。大は小を兼ねるって言うし。
It might be a bit big but this envelope will do just fine. It's better to be too big than too small.
一つ目小僧ひとつめこぞうNounFreq #82153
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one-eyed goblin; one-eyed monster

矮小化わいしょうかNoun～する VerbFreq #83721
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reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization

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trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down

怪奇小説かいきしょうせつNounFreq #83992
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mystery novel

子ヤギ子山羊小山羊こやぎNounFreq #84746
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kid; young goat

最小化さいしょうかNoun～する VerbFreq #87564
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minimization; minimisation

青春小説せいしゅんしょうせつNounFreq #89344
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youth novel

仮小屋かりごやNounFreq #89799
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booth; shack; hut; shed

連載小説れんさいしょうせつNounFreq #90146
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serial; serialized novel; serialised novel

Examples
来月号から新連載小説が始まります。
A new serial will begin in next month's issue.
事実は小説よりも奇なりじじつはしょうせつよりもきなりExpressionFreq #92311
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Proverb; From the English saying

truth is stranger than fiction

猫に小判ネコに小判ねこにこばん (猫に小判)ネコにこばん (ネコに小判)ExpressionFreq #94073
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Idiomatic expression

casting pearls before swine; (giving) a gold coin to a cat

Examples
君のせっかくの名講義は猫に小判だったね。
Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.
うさぎ小屋兎小屋うさぎごやNounFreq #95172
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rabbit hutch

Examples
部屋は兎小屋みたいだけど。
But my place is like a rabbit hutch.
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Used in 1979 EC report

small Japanese houses; cramped Japanese housing

薪小屋まきごやたきぎごやNounFreq #95864
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woodshed

夕焼け小焼け夕焼小焼ゆうやけこやけNounFreq #98326
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Yūyake Koyake (1919 children's song)

大衆小説たいしゅうしょうせつNounFreq #98379
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novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp

立ち小便立小便たちしょうべんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #99234
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urinating outdoors; urinating by the roadside

門前の小僧もんぜんのこぞうExpressionFreq #99241
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Proverb; Abbreviation

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)

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