smallness; small item; small scale
Sino-Japanese noun or prefix read しょう, used for small size, a small category, or small scale. For everyday predicative 'small', 小さい is normally used instead.
The large can serve for the small.
この店には大・中・小のサイズがある。
This shop has large, medium, and small sizes.
short month; month with fewer than 31 days
Abbreviation mainly used in the fixed expression 小の月, contrasted with 大の月 for months with 31 days.
See also: 小の月
二月は小の月なので、三十一日はない。
February is a short month, so it has no thirty-first day.
elementary school; primary school
Abbreviation of 小学校, common in compact labels and combinations such as 小・中, 小学生, and school-grade notation.
See also: 小学校
この大会は小・中学生が対象です。
This tournament is for elementary and middle school students.
lesser; minor; lower-ranking counterpart
Prefix used to distinguish the smaller, lesser, or sometimes inferior member of a pair or set with the same name, often in proper names or classifications and often contrasted with 大.
大アンティル諸島と小アンティル諸島を地図で確認した。
I checked the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles on a map.
the younger; junior
Prefix before a personal or family name to identify the younger of two people with the same name, especially in translated or historical names.
小デュマは『椿姫』の作者として知られる。
The younger Dumas is known as the author of La Dame aux Camélias.
old unit of field area; about 400 square meters
Archaic noun sense for a unit of field area. This is a historical or documentary use, not a modern everyday measurement term.
古い土地の記録では、「小」が約四百平方メートルの面積を表すことがある。
In old land records, shō can denote an area of about 400 square meters.
This shirt comes in three sizes: large, medium, and small.
Once I became a 5th grader, math got a lot harder.
small and medium; small to medium
reduction; cutback; scaling down · contraction; shrinkage; becoming smaller
small-scale; small
young child; infant
smallest; least; minimum; minimal
minimum; minimum necessary; minimal · at a minimum; at least
urine; pee; urination; to urinate · breaking a contract; backing out of a deal
size · large and small; various sizes · daishō (matched long and short swords) · large and small drums · long and short months · sic bo (dice game); big and small
platoon
child (elementary school age or younger)
elementary and middle schools
asteroid
microscopic; minute; very small
minimum; minuscule; extremely small · local minimum
too small; too little; insufficient
small country; small nation
platelet; thrombocyte
rifle; small arms
bar; measure · short pause · petty principles; minor details
small and weak; puny; minor
timid; cowardly; faint-hearted · prudent; cautious; pedantic
short and small
short essay; pamphlet; tract
path; lane; narrow road · small diameter; small caliber
diminutive; dwarfish; undersized · narrow-minded; small-minded
small intestine
slightly good luck; small blessing