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3 words matching 'しょうじん' found
しょうじん is a reading of one form of the following word:
小人
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Readings : しょうにん    こびと    しょうじん    こども   
小人 can be read in 4 ways: しょうにん (60%), こども (30%), こびと (10%), しょうじん (rare).
noun
1. child; small person  (opposite: 大人)
2. dwarf; midget  (opposite: 巨人; this meaning is restricted to reading こびと)
3. narrow-minded person; mean person  (opposite: 君子; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじん)
しょうにん is the standard reading. こびと and しょうじん are restricted to specific meanings. こども is less common but could be used depending on context.
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 109,151 which gives a rank of 3,878
小人 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 19,000 (about 34,600,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 15709
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
Example sentences:
しょうじ
小事
しょうにん
小人
よろこ
ばす
kotowaza
Little things please little minds (literally: unimportant things delight childish people).
こども
小人
つまらないこと
きょう
ずる

Small things amuse small minds.
さい
みまん
未満
こども
小人
にゅうじょうりょう
入場料
りません

There is no admission fee for children under five.
こびと
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 96,000 (about 2,100,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
しょうにん
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 193,000 (about 317,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
しょうじん is an exact match with one form of the following word:
精進
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Readings : しょうじん    そうじん    しょうじ    そうじ   
精進 can be read in 4 ways: しょうじん (50%), そうじ (20%), しょうじ (20%), そうじん (10%).
1. concentration; diligence; devotion
2. asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment  (see also: 六波羅蜜)
3. adherence to a vegetarian diet
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 94,820 which gives a rank of 5,846
精進 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 24,000,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 25 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
てんさい
天才
パーセント
れいかん
霊感
であり99パーセント
しょうじん
精進
である
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
しょうじん
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 214,000 (about 164,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 25 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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しょうじん is a reading of one form of the following word:
生身
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Readings : なまみ    しょうじん   
生身 can be read in 2 ways: なまみ (70%), しょうじん (30%).
1. living flesh; flesh and blood
2. physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva  (Buddhist term; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじん)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 86,400 which gives a rank of 8,872
生身 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 74,000 (about 3,990,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
どこかそれを
なまみ
生身
しんたい
身体
にんげん
人間
がわ
もど
ひつよう
必要
がある

Somewhere along the way, we need to bring this process back to human hands.
たが
いに
なまみ
生身
からだ
なんだからいつどんな
びょうき
病気
かからない
かぎ
らない

Since we are but flesh and blood, we never know when some disease or other may befall us.
なまみ
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 115,000 (about 1,230,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セイ   ショウ    vitality, spirit, energy; essence   
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セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
シン   すす to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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little bird
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move
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
シン   み body, person   
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