ショウ
Meanings
Prefix
1. small; little; few
Pitch accent
ショ
ウ
Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
boy; juvenile; child
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
scarce; rare
small number; few; minority
decrease; reduction; decline
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
infancy; childhood; tender age
small number of people
small number of people
young; juvenile; child in the first year of kindergarten
minimal amount
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
one's early days; little while
very small; very little; slight; trifling; negligible; insignificant
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
too few; too little; insufficient
trifling; slight
young and old
assistant director of a district (ritsuryō system)
juvenile classification home; juvenile detention facility
small number of children (per family); bearing few children; youngest child (in the family)
exceedingly little; exceedingly few; scanty; paltry; puny
young person
very few; very little
short and insufficient
small favors; small favours
small capital
junior society
oligosaccharides
oligosaccharide
tropical wet and dry climate; tropical savannah climate
male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)
low birth rate and low mortality rate
adolescence; boyhood
inspector (of the Dazaifu)
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)