小

Rare term

small room

Obsolete term

brief impression (of); quick comment (on)

plain; field

small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

Rare term

drinking together in a small group

Rare term

drinking just a little (alcohol)

Obsolete term

Little Russia; Ukraine

Rare term

small guardrail

Rare term

to be slightly offended; to be somewhat irritated

rice field (usu. small)

Rare term

opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)

Rare term

cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum); cardamon

small fish; fry

Rare term

short phrase

koto (usu. small)

Rare term

to be content with small successes

Rare term

minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Chinese chive; garlic chive (Allium tuberosum)

thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)

small woman

young woman

Sensitive

young maid

girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel)

Derogatory

brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes

Original meaning

disciple; apprentice

small child (esp. a servant child in the Heian-period imperial palace)

approximately thirty minutes

young man (who has recently undergone his manhood ceremony)

baby; infant