Illustration: On a worktable in a Japanese pottery studio, a potter has arranged five bowls of the same shape and finish in a clear progression from tiny to enormous. Their matching rims and proportions make the change in size unmistakable.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大だい小しょう

daishou

large and small sizes

Example sentences

  1. 道路上どうろじょうの大小だいしょうの石いしに気きをつけなさい。

    Watch out for big and small stones on the road!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 大小だいしょう2つの餅もちを重かさねて供そなえる。

    A small rice cake is placed on top of a larger rice cake for the offering to deities.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 上海市しゃんはいしには大小だいしょう100を超こえる人力車工場じんりきしゃこうじょうがあったとされる。

    It is said that there were over 100 jinrikisha factories of various sizes in Shanghai.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 大小

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-

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