shō
★ Common
Noun
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1. child; children
1. elementary school; primary school
2. school for children over eight years old in ancient China
3. traditional Chinese philology
1. small; little
1. primary school; elementary school
1. girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
1. novel; story
1. to be troubled; to have difficulty
2. to be bothered; to be inconvenienced
3. to be badly off; to be hard up