"少数" meaning in Japanese

See 少数 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːsɨᵝː] Forms: 少数 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (すう)), shōsū [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうすう}} 少(しょう)数(すう) • (shōsū)
  1. minority
    Sense id: en-少数-ja-noun-PkhZDMHT Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 57 43
  2. few, a small number
    Sense id: en-少数-ja-noun-2j0iWMl~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
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

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  "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうすう"
      },
      "expansion": "少(しょう)数(すう) • (shōsū)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "minority"
      ],
      "id": "en-少数-ja-noun-PkhZDMHT",
      "links": [
        [
          "minority",
          "minority"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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": "[ɕo̞ːsɨᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "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 wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "少数",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "少",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "数",
          "すう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shōsū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しょうすう"
      },
      "expansion": "少(しょう)数(すう) • (shōsū)",
      "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": "[ɕo̞ːsɨᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "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"
}

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