しょうじん – Vocabulary details

しょうじん

Meanings

Noun

1. child; small person

2. narrow-minded person; mean person

when read as "しょうじん"

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

しょ

うじん

Used in: 1

Composed of

しょう

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)

じん

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

しょうじんかんきょ

a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)

くんしはしゅうしてひせずしょうじんはひしてしゅうせず

a wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique

Examples (1 in total)

５歳さい未み満まんのしょうじんは、入にゅう場じょう料りょうは要いりません。