"小人" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 小人 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (にん)), shōnin [romanization]
Etymology: From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 人 (nin, "human being"). Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうにん}} 小(しょう)人(にん) • (shōnin)
  1. child, small person
    Sense id: en-小人-ja-noun-X~jbeHvD Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 小人 [canonical] (ruby: (), (びと)), kobito [romanization]
Etymology: From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 人 (hito, "man"). The word hito changes to bito due to rendaku. Head templates: {{ja-noun|こびと}} 小(こ)人(びと) • (kobito)
  1. dwarf Derived forms: コビトカバ: pygmy hippopotamus (kobito kaba)
    Sense id: en-小人-ja-noun-mig~0BKw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: 小人 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (じん)), shōjin [romanization]
Etymology: From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 人 (jin, "human being"). Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうじん}} 小(しょう)人(じん) • (shōjin)
  1. narrow-minded person, mean person Derived forms: 小人閑居 (shōjin kankyo) (ruby: (しょう), (じん), (かん), (きょ)) (english: idle hands)
    Sense id: en-小人-ja-noun-9zKt9490 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 9 3 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 24 7 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 3 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for 小人 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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      "roman": "otona",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大人",
          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大人"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (shō, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (nin, \"human being\").",
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      "form": "小人",
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          "小",
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        ],
        [
          "人",
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        ]
      ],
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    },
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    }
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    }
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      ],
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        [
          "small",
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        ],
        [
          "person",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
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      "roman": "kyojin",
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        [
          "巨人",
          "きょじん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "巨人"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (ko, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (hito, \"man\"). The word hito changes to bito due to rendaku.",
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          "word": "コビトカバ: pygmy hippopotamus"
        }
      ],
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        "dwarf"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "dwarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
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}

{
  "antonyms": [
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      "roman": "kunshi",
      "ruby": [
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          "君子",
          "くんし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "君子"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (shō, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (jin, \"human being\").",
  "forms": [
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          "小",
          "しょう"
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          "人",
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        ]
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        "romanization"
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          "_dis": "38 8 54",
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          "_dis": "9 3 89",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "idle hands",
          "roman": "shōjin kankyo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ],
            [
              "閑",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "居",
              "きょ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小人閑居"
        }
      ],
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        "narrow-minded person, mean person"
      ],
      "id": "en-小人-ja-noun-9zKt9490",
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          "narrow-minded"
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          "mean",
          "mean"
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    }
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}
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      "ruby": [
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          "おとな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大人"
    }
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    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (shō, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (nin, \"human being\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "child, small person"
      ],
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        ]
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    }
  ],
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}

{
  "antonyms": [
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      "roman": "kyojin",
      "ruby": [
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          "巨人",
          "きょじん"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kobito kaba",
      "word": "コビトカバ: pygmy hippopotamus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (ko, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (hito, \"man\"). The word hito changes to bito due to rendaku.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "びと"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "kobito",
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      ]
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dwarf"
      ],
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        [
          "dwarf",
          "dwarf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "小人"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kunshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "君子",
          "くんし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "君子"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "idle hands",
      "roman": "shōjin kankyo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ],
        [
          "閑",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "居",
          "きょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小人閑居"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "From 小 (shō, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (jin, \"human being\").",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小人",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "じん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "shōjin",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "narrow-minded person, mean person"
      ],
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          "narrow-minded",
          "narrow-minded"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "小人"
}

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