"大小" meaning in Japanese

See 大小 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [da̠iɕo̞ː] Forms: 大小 [canonical] (ruby: 大(だい), 小(しょう)), daishō [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 大 (dai, “big, large”) + 小 (shō, “small, little”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|大|小|sort=だいしょう|t1=big, large|t2=small, little|tr1=dai|tr2=shō}} 大 (dai, “big, large”) + 小 (shō, “small, little”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|だいしょう}} 大(だい)小(しょう) • (daishō)
  1. large and small
    Sense id: en-大小-ja-noun-vwDm4JFj
  2. daisho (a traditional Japanese pair of swords, consisting of the larger katana and smaller wakizashi)
    Sense id: en-大小-ja-noun-f0nvJutJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 48 35 1 2 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 1 50 26 2 2 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 50 27 2 2 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 3 71 13 5 5 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 2 61 27 3 3 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 1 48 26 2 3 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 61 33 2 2
  3. a pair of taiko drums, consisting of one large and one small taiko
    Sense id: en-大小-ja-noun-acZK6mVh
  4. long months and short months:
    in the lunar calendar, long months of 30 days and short months of 29 days
    Sense id: en-大小-ja-noun-qB6hRg42
  5. long months and short months:
    in the solar calendar, long months of 31 days and short months of 30 days or less
    Sense id: en-大小-ja-noun-o2uxPmpu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [o̞ːsa̠] Forms: 大小 [canonical] (ruby: 大(おお), 小(さ)), ōsa [romanization], ofosa [romanization], おほさ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Appears to be a compound of Old Japanese-derived 大 (ō, “big”) + 小 (sa, “small”, rare reading). Alternatively, may be 大 (ō, “big”) + さ (-sa, suffix indicating degree or amount). Appears to be mostly obsolete in modern Japanese, superseded by the term 大きさ (ōkisa, “size”, literally “bigness”), from adjective 大きい (ōkii, “big”). The modern Japanese term with the reading of ōsa is 多さ (ōsa, literally “much-ness, many-ness”), from adjective 多い (ōi, “many, much”), deriving from the same Old Japanese root opo as 大きい (ōkii, “big”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{cog|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|おおさ|hhira=おほさ}} 大(おお)小(さ) • (ōsa) ^(←おほさ (ofosa)?)
  1. (probably obsolete) size
    Sense id: en-大小-ja-noun-zNy-hG89 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 大小 meaning in Japanese (4.9kB)

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