過小

Japanese

Kanji in this term
過 小
か
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably coined in Japanese as an antonym of 過大 (kadai, “too much, too big”). Compound of Middle Chinese-derived components, as 過 (ka, “excessive, too”) +‎ 小 (shō, “small”).

First cited to a text from 1949.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かしょー [kàshóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɕo̞ː]

Adjective

過(か)小(しょう) • (kashō) ←くわせう (kwaseu)?-na (adnominal 過(か)小(しょう)な (kashō na), adverbial 過(か)小(しょう)に (kashō ni))

  1. too small

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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