小名

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

小名

  1. childhood name
  2. pet name; hypocorism

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Japanese

Pronunciation 1

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

Noun

小(しょう)名(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

Pronunciation 2

Kanji in this term
小 名
こ
Grade: 1 		な
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

小(こ)名(な) • (kona) 

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

  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
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