少数 in Japanese

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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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seusuu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "せうすう",
      "roman": "seusuu",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 59 41",
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        },
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        },
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          "_dis": "80 20",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
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        },
        {
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "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": [],
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        }
      ],
      "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"
}

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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"
    }
  ],
  "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"
}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "少数"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "少数",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "少数"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "少数",
  "trace": ""
}

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"少数" meaning in Japanese

Noun

Inflected forms