N2523/1725

大だい小しょう

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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だいしょう

Meanings

size
large and small (sizes), various sizes
daishō (matched pair of long and short swords)
large and small drums
long months and short months
sic bo (Macao dice game), tai sai, dai siu, big and small

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Example sentences

この店みせでは大小だいしょうさまざまなサイズの靴くつを取とり揃そろえています。

This store has shoes in various sizes, large and small.

大小だいしょうの違ちがいはあるが、どの問題もんだいも早急そうきゅうに解決かいけつする必要ひつようがある。

There are differences in size, but every problem, large or small, needs to be resolved urgently.

川かわ沿ぞいには大小だいしょうの岩いわが点在てんざいしていた。

Rocks of various sizes were scattered along the river.

武士ぶしは腰こしに大小だいしょうを差さして町まちを歩あるいていた。

The samurai walked through the town with a daishō (matched pair of long and short swords) at his waist.

企業きぎょうの大小だいしょうを問とわず、環境かんきょうへの配慮はいりょが求もとめられる時代じだいとなった。

Regardless of the size of the company, large or small, we have entered an era in which consideration for the environment is required.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)