小しょう知ち

noun

superficial knowledge; shallow wisdom

Refers to knowledge or wisdom that is only surface-level, lacking depth or true understanding. Often used in contrast with 大知 (profound wisdom).

Antonyms: 大智

• 彼かれの意い見けんは小しょう知ちに過すぎず、問もん題だいの本ほん質しつを捉とらえていない。

  His opinion is nothing more than superficial knowledge and doesn't grasp the essence of the problem.

• 小しょう知ちにとらわれず、もっと深ふかく学まなぶべきだ。

  You shouldn't be satisfied with shallow wisdom; you should study more deeply.

noun

small fief

Only when written 小知

Archaic term for a minor feudal domain. Restricted to the kanji spelling 小知.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい初しょ期きには、小しょう知ちを与あたえられた武ぶ士しも多おおかった。

  In the early Edo period, many samurai were granted small fiefs.