小しょう人じん

noun

person of little importance; insignificant person

Refers to someone with low social status, influence, or ability; often used in contrast to 君子 (superior person).

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃでは小しょう人じん扱あつかいされている。

  He is treated as a nobody at the company.

noun

narrow-minded person; petty person

Describes someone with a small, ungenerous character; often used in moral or Confucian contexts.

• 小しょう人じんは他た人にんの成せい功こうを素す直なおに喜よろこべない。

  A petty person cannot honestly rejoice in others' success.

noun

child; little one

Archaic or literary term for a child; in modern Japanese, 子供 is far more common.

• 昔むかし話ばなしには、小しょう人じんが主しゅ人じん公こうの話はなしが多おおくある。

  In old tales, there are many stories where a child is the main character.

noun

dwarf; small person

Refers to a person of unusually short stature; can be neutral or literary, but may be considered insensitive in modern contexts.

• その物もの語がたりには、森もりに住すむ小しょう人じんが登とう場じょうする。

  In that story, a dwarf living in the forest appears.