小しょう心しん

noun, na-adjective

timid; cowardly; faint-hearted

Describes a person who is easily frightened, lacks courage, or is overly cautious in a negative sense. Often used in compounds like 小心者 (coward).

• 彼かれは小しょう心しんで、ちょっとしたことにもすぐおびえる。

  He is timid and gets scared at the slightest thing.

• 小しょう心しんな態たい度どではリーダーは務つとまらない。

  A cowardly attitude won't do for a leader.

noun, na-adjective

prudent; cautious; pedantic

Used for someone who is overly careful about small details, sometimes to the point of being fussy or pedantic. Can carry a slightly negative nuance of being too meticulous.

• 彼かれは小しょう心しんで、書しょ類るいの一いち字じ一いっ句くまで確かく認にんする。

  He is so meticulous that he checks every single word in the document.