Illustration: A pottery instructor welcomes a group of just three adults into a roomy Japanese community workshop. Only three places have been prepared around one small table, each with a lump of clay and a bowl of water. The rest of the room's workbenches remain unused.

JLPT N1prefixLevel estimated by Bebop

少しょう

shou

few, small

Used before another word, as in 少人数. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちのクラスは少しょう人数にんずうのクラスである。

    Our class is a small one.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは少量しょうりょうの塩しおをゆで卵たまごにふりかけた。

    He put a touch of salt on a boiled egg.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そんな人ひとは少数しょうすう派はだよ。

    Such people are few in number.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 少

  • 少few; littleOnショウKunすくない・すこし

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