Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
trad. (小名)
simp. #(小名)

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Noun

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小名

  1. childhood name
  2. pet name; hypocorism

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Japanese

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Pronunciation 1

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
みょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi kan'on

Noun

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(しょう)(みょう) (shōmyōせうみやう (seumyau)?

  1. (historical) During the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a samurai with a smaller landholding than a daimyo.
  2. (historical) In the Edo period, a feudal lord whose land was worth less than 10,000 koku
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Pronunciation 2

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Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

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()() (kona

  1. The term for a specific division within a town ((まち) (machi)) or village ((むら) (mura)).
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN