adjective:

• petty; small-minded; stingy; cheap (as in cheap shot, cheating, skirting the rules, etc.)

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

• short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.

noun:

• cradle; small cradle basket; portable bassinet - From French "couffin"

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• little shop; small shop; small store
• my shop ［しょうてん］ - humble language
• low class whorehouse in Fujiwara (Edo period); low class brothel ［こみせ］
• passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region) ［こみせ］

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

expression:

• don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb
• read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise) - proverb

expression:

• person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

noun:

• pore; small cavity; puncture

expression:

• not negligible; not a little; to no small degree; to no small extent; quite a lot

noun / ~する noun:

• police box; small neighborhood police station

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• alternation; alternating (e.g. current)

adverbial noun / noun:

• just a minute; small quantity

noun / prefix noun:

• smallness; small item
• short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 小の月
• elementary school - abbreviation ➜ 小学校
• younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
• unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• sizes (various); large and small
• daisho (matched pair of long and short swords)
• large and small drums
• long months and short months

noun:

• sic bo (Macau dice game); tai sai; dai siu; big and small

noun:

• late at night; small hours of the morning

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

noun:

• rifle; small arms

noun:

• child; small person Antonym: 大人【おとな】
• dwarf; midget ［こびと］ Antonym: 巨人
• narrow-minded person; mean person ［しょうじん］ Antonym: 君子

noun:

• calf; small cow

noun:

• accessories; small articles

noun:

• transceiver; small wireless telephone