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小 (しょう)smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)

  1. smallness; small itemnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a prefix
  2. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  3. elementary schoolnoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a prefix
  4. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferiornoun, used as a prefix
  5. younger (of two people with the same name); juniornoun, used as a prefix
  6. unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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