"小文字" meaning in Japanese

See 小文字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞mo̞ʑi] Forms: 小文字 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), ()), komoji [romanization]
Etymology: 小 (ko, “small”) + 文字 (moji, “letter”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|小|文字|t1=small|t2=letter|tr1=ko|tr2=moji}} 小 (ko, “small”) + 文字 (moji, “letter”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こもじ}} 小(こ)文(も)字(じ) • (komoji)
  1. (orthography, typography) a minuscule (lower-case letter) Wikipedia link: ja:小文字 Related terms: 大文字 (ōmoji) (ruby: (おお), (), ())
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Download raw JSONL data for 小文字 meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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