Kanji1 / 4
少 kanji
few, little
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
すくないすこし
Words with 少
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —年少客気youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth
- —魔法少女magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
- —少林寺流Shorin-ryu; Okinawa school of karate
- —人口減少depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
- —虞犯少年juvenile deemed likely to commit a crime; pre-delinquent juvenile; status offender
- —触法少年juvenile delinquent under the age of fourteen; minor in trouble with the law
- —非行少女female juvenile delinquent
- —体重減少weight loss; weight reduction; weight decrease
- —需要減少reduced demand; decline in demand
- —過少資本inadequate capital; undercapitalization
- —希少金属rare metal; minor metal
- —単調減少monotonic decrease
- —少額訴訟small claims lawsuit
- —少女趣味(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
- —希少部位exclusive cut (of meat); rare cut
- —希少動物rare animal
- —家出少年runaway child; youngster who has run away from home
- —過去最少fewest ever; fewest on record; record-low
- —少年事件incident (e.g. crime) involving a minor (between the ages of 14 and 19)
- —少数与党minority party in power; minority government