小
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Meanings
- smallness, small item
- short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
- elementary school
- smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior
- younger (of two people with the same name), junior
- unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
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This box is not the large size, but the small size.
I learned Japanese language and arithmetic at elementary school.
This month is a short month, with only thirty days.
He is referred to as the junior of the Oyama family.
When calculating land area, a unit called 'sho' (approx. 400 sq m) is sometimes used.
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