See 小人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "otona",
"ruby": [
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"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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"ruby": [
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"小",
"しょう"
],
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"人",
"にん"
]
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]
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}
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"etymology_text": "From 小 (ko, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (hito, \"man\"). The word hito changes to bito due to rendaku.",
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"roman": "kobito kaba",
"taxonomic": "Choeropsis liberiensis",
"word": "コビトカバ: pygmy hippopotamus"
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{
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"roman": "kunshi",
"ruby": [
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"君子",
"くんし"
]
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "From 小 (shō, \"small,\" \"little\") + 人 (jin, \"human being\").",
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"しょう"
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"小",
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"人",
"じん"
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"閑",
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"小",
"しょう"
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"小",
"こ"
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"人",
"びと"
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{
"antonyms": [
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"君子",
"くんし"
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}
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"english": "idle hands",
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[
"小",
"しょう"
],
[
"人",
"じん"
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[
"閑",
"かん"
],
[
"居",
"きょ"
]
],
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}
],
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"小",
"しょう"
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}
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