"少数" meaning in Japanese

See 少数 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːsɨː] Forms: 少数 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (すう)), shōsū [romanization], seusuu [romanization], せうすう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうすう|hhira=せうすう}} 少(しょう)数(すう) • (shōsū) ^(←せうすう (seusuu)?)
  1. minority
    Sense id: en-少数-ja-noun-PkhZDMHT Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, 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 redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 80 20
  2. few, a small number
    Sense id: en-少数-ja-noun-2j0iWMl~ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 少量 (shōryō) (ruby: (しょう), (りょう)), マイノリティー (mainoritī)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tasū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "多数"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taryō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "量",
          "りょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "多量"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "少数",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seusuu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せうすう",
      "roman": "seusuu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうすう",
        "hhira": "せうすう"
      },
      "expansion": "少(しょう)数(すう) • (shōsū) ^(←せうすう (seusuu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "minority"
      ],
      "id": "en-少数-ja-noun-PkhZDMHT",
      "links": [
        [
          "minority",
          "minority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "few, a small number"
      ],
      "id": "en-少数-ja-noun-2j0iWMl~",
      "links": [
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しょーすう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːsɨː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shōryō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "量",
          "りょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "少量"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mainoritī",
      "word": "マイノリティー"
    }
  ],
  "word": "少数"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tasū",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "多数"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taryō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "多",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "量",
          "りょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "多量"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "少数",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seusuu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せうすう",
      "roman": "seusuu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうすう",
        "hhira": "せうすう"
      },
      "expansion": "少(しょう)数(すう) • (shōsū) ^(←せうすう (seusuu)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "minority"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "minority",
          "minority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "few, a small number"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "few",
          "few"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しょーすう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːsɨː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shōryō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "量",
          "りょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "少量"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mainoritī",
      "word": "マイノリティー"
    }
  ],
  "word": "少数"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 少数 meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "少数",
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