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副専攻

see styles
 fukusenkou / fukusenko
    ふくせんこう
(See 専攻) minor (in university or college courses); sub-major

勾股弦

see styles
 koukogen / kokogen
    こうこげん
(obscure) three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse)

北極星


北极星

see styles
běi jí xīng
    bei3 ji2 xing1
pei chi hsing
 hokkyokusei / hokkyokuse
    ほっきょくせい
North Star; Polaris
{astron} (See ポラリス・1) Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star; (personal name) Hokkyokusei

天帝星

see styles
 tenteisei / tentese
    てんていせい
(rare) {astron} (See ポラリス・1) Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star

姫薮蘭

see styles
 himeyaburan; himeyaburan
    ひめやぶらん; ヒメヤブラン
(kana only) Liriope minor (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)

小さい

see styles
 chiisai / chisai
    ちいさい
(adjective) (1) small; little; tiny; (adjective) (2) slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small; (adjective) (3) low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice); (adjective) (4) unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial; (adjective) (5) young; juvenile

小三度

see styles
xiǎo sān dù
    xiao3 san1 du4
hsiao san tu
minor third (musical interval)

小事件

see styles
 shoujiken / shojiken
    しょうじけん
(ant: 大事件) minor incident; sideshow

小会派

see styles
 shoukaiha / shokaiha
    しょうかいは
minor political faction

小前提

see styles
 shouzentei / shozente
    しょうぜんてい
minor premise

小動き

see styles
 kougoki / kogoki
    こうごき
minor fluctuations (e.g. in a market); small movements

小地震

see styles
 shoujishin / shojishin
    しょうじしん
minor earthquake

小妄語


小妄语

see styles
xiǎo wàng yǔ
    xiao3 wang4 yu3
hsiao wang yü
 shōmōgo
minor lie

小悪党

see styles
 koakutou / koakuto
    こあくとう
minor villain; small-time crook; henchman

小手術

see styles
 shoushujutsu / shoshujutsu
    しょうしゅじゅつ
minor surgery; minor operation

小新聞

see styles
 koshinbun
    こしんぶん
(1) (See 大新聞) koshinbun (type of early Meiji-era newspaper); (2) minor journal; local newspaper

小浮草

see styles
 koukikusa; koukikusa / kokikusa; kokikusa
    こうきくさ; コウキクサ
(kana only) common duckweed (Lemna minor); lesser duckweed

小熊星

see styles
 shouyuusei / shoyuse
    しょうゆうせい
{astron} Little Bear; Ursa Minor

小獅座


小狮座

see styles
xiǎo shī zuò
    xiao3 shi1 zuo4
hsiao shih tso
Leo Minor (constellation)

小腰筋

see styles
 shouyoukin / shoyokin
    しょうようきん
{anat} psoas minor muscle

小蝦米


小虾米

see styles
xiǎo xiā mi
    xiao3 xia1 mi5
hsiao hsia mi
shrimp; fig. small fry; minor player

小行星

see styles
xiǎo xíng xīng
    xiao3 xing2 xing1
hsiao hsing hsing
asteroid; minor planet

小転子

see styles
 shoutenshi / shotenshi
    しょうてんし
{anat} lesser trochanter; trochanter minor

少納言

see styles
 shounagon; sunaimonomoushi(ok) / shonagon; sunaimonomoshi(ok)
    しょうなごん; すないものもうし(ok)
lesser councilor of state; lesser councillor of state; minor councilor; minor councillor

年少者

see styles
 nenshousha / nenshosha
    ねんしょうしゃ
youth; minor; young people

弱小国

see styles
 jakushoukoku / jakushokoku
    じゃくしょうこく
minor power

微修正

see styles
 bishuusei / bishuse
    びしゅうせい
(noun, transitive verb) slight revision; minor revision; small fix

手直し

see styles
 tenaoshi
    てなおし
(noun, transitive verb) adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration; correction

手長蛸

see styles
 tenagadako; tenagadako
    てながだこ; テナガダコ
(kana only) long-armed octopus (Octopus minor)

未成冠

see styles
wèi chéng guān
    wei4 cheng2 guan1
wei ch`eng kuan
    wei cheng kuan
minor (old usage, person under 20)

未成年

see styles
wèi chéng nián
    wei4 cheng2 nian2
wei ch`eng nien
    wei cheng nien
 miseinen / misenen
    みせいねん
underage
minor; not of age

未青年

see styles
 miseinen / misenen
    みせいねん
minor; not of age

末梢的

see styles
 masshouteki / masshoteki
    まっしょうてき
(adjectival noun) trivial; minor; insignificant; peripheral

湯玉麟


汤玉麟

see styles
tāng yù lín
    tang1 yu4 lin2
t`ang yü lin
    tang yü lin
Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth

無量好


无量好

see styles
wú liàng hǎo
    wu2 liang4 hao3
wu liang hao
 muryō kō
innumerable minor marks

相隨好


相随好

see styles
xiàng suí hǎo
    xiang4 sui2 hao3
hsiang sui hao
 sō zuikō
major and minor bodily marks [of a tathāgata]

短三度

see styles
 tansando
    たんさんど
{music} (See 長三度) minor third

短旋法

see styles
 tansenpou / tansenpo
    たんせんぽう
{music} minor mode

短音階

see styles
 tanonkai
    たんおんかい
{music} minor scale

細かい

see styles
 komakai
    こまかい
(adjective) (1) small; (adjective) (2) fine; minute; (adjective) (3) (See 細かいこと) minor; trivial; (adjective) (4) (See 神経が細かい) sensitive; attentive; (adjective) (5) careful; frugal; stingy

Variations:

 aya
    あや
(1) (kana only) figure; design; (2) (綾 only) twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; (3) (kana only) style (of writing); figure (of speech); (4) (kana only) design; plot; plan; (5) (kana only) minor market fluctuation; technical correction; (6) (kana only) (abbreviation) (See 綾取り・あやとり) cat's cradle; (7) (kana only) (abbreviation) (See 綾竹) lease rod (in a loom)

芋の子

see styles
 imonoko
    いものこ
(1) (includes both 子芋 and 孫芋) (See 子芋,孫芋) minor taro root; taro cormlet; taro cormel; (2) (colloquialism) (as 芋の子を洗うよう, etc.) (See 芋の子を洗うよう) (pool, etc.) being jam-packed with people

越毘尼

see styles
yuè pí ní
    yue4 pi2 ni2
yüeh p`i ni
    yüeh pi ni
 otsubini
(minor) misdeeds

蹴返し

see styles
 kekaeshi
    けかえし
{sumo} minor inner footsweep

軽やか

see styles
 karoyaka(p); karuyaka
    かろやか(P); かるやか
(adjectival noun) light; easy; non-serious; minor

軽傷者

see styles
 keishousha / keshosha
    けいしょうしゃ
slightly injured person; slightly wounded person; person with minor injuries

軽犯罪

see styles
 keihanzai / kehanzai
    けいはんざい
minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour

軽症者

see styles
 keishousha / keshosha
    けいしょうしゃ
person (patient) with minor illness; person showing only minor symptoms (of a disease)

重軽傷

see styles
 juukeishou / jukesho
    じゅうけいしょう
major or minor injuries

野暮用

see styles
 yaboyou / yaboyo
    やぼよう
minor business

鈎股弦

see styles
 koukogen / kokogen
    こうこげん
(obscure) three sides of right triangle (minor cathetus, major cathetus & hypotenuse)

陰祭り

see styles
 kagematsuri
    かげまつり
minor festival (held when there is no regular festival)

青切符

see styles
 aokippu
    あおきっぷ
(1) (See 赤切符・1) blue traffic violation ticket (designating a minor violation); (2) (obsolete) (colloquialism) second-class ticket

非主要

see styles
 hishuyou / hishuyo
    ひしゅよう
(adjectival noun) minor

馬の足

see styles
 umanoashi
    うまのあし
(exp,n) minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse); horse's legs

ガラテヤ

see styles
 garateya
    ガラテヤ
(place-name) Galatia (Asia Minor)

こじし座

see styles
 kojishiza
    こじしざ
(astron) Leo Minor (constellation); the Small Lion

プチ整形

see styles
 puchiseikei / puchiseke
    プチせいけい
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck

ポラリス

see styles
 porarisu
    ポラリス
(1) {astron} Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star; (2) (See 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル・せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル) UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile); (personal name) Polaris

一寸した

see styles
 chottoshita
    ちょっとした
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (kana only) (See 一寸・ちょっと・1) slight; minor; trifling; trivial; petty; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (kana only) (See 一寸・ちょっと・3) considerable; proper; decent; respectable; quite (a)

一蹶不振

see styles
yī jué bù zhèn
    yi1 jue2 bu4 zhen4
i chüeh pu chen
one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse; ruined at a stroke; unable to recover after a minor hitch

二十隨好


二十随好

see styles
èr shí suí hǎo
    er4 shi2 sui2 hao3
erh shih sui hao
 nijū zuikō
twenty minor marks

五十小劫

see styles
wǔ shí xiǎo jié
    wu3 shi2 xiao3 jie2
wu shih hsiao chieh
 gojū shōkō
The fifty minor kalpas which, in the 涌出 chapter of the Lotus, are supernaturally made to seem as but half a day.

以小擠大


以小挤大

see styles
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
    yi3 xiao3 ji3 da4
i hsiao chi ta
minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)

八十種好


八十种好

see styles
bā shí zhǒng hǎo
    ba1 shi2 zhong3 hao3
pa shih chung hao
 hachijisshu gō
八十隨形好 The eighty notable physical characteristics of Buddha; cf. 三十二相.

八十隨形


八十随形

see styles
bā shí suí xíng
    ba1 shi2 sui2 xing2
pa shih sui hsing
 hachijū zuigyō
eighty minor marks

八種隨好


八种随好

see styles
bā zhǒng suí hǎo
    ba1 zhong3 sui2 hao3
pa chung sui hao
 hachishu zuikō
eight kinds of minor marks

六種隨好


六种随好

see styles
liù zhǒng suí hǎo
    liu4 zhong3 sui2 hao3
liu chung sui hao
 roku shu zuikō
six minor marks

刀筆の吏

see styles
 touhitsunori / tohitsunori
    とうひつのり
minor official

分屯基地

see styles
 buntonkichi
    ぶんとんきち
{mil} sub base; sub-base; minor base

品頭論足


品头论足

see styles
pǐn tóu lùn zú
    pin3 tou2 lun4 zu2
p`in t`ou lun tsu
    pin tou lun tsu
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance; fig. to find fault in minor details; nitpicking; overcritical

喧賓奪主


喧宾夺主

see styles
xuān bīn duó zhǔ
    xuan1 bin1 duo2 zhu3
hsüan pin to chu
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom); fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction; minor details obscure the main point; the sauce is better than the fish

四十八輕


四十八轻

see styles
sì shí bā qīng
    si4 shi2 ba1 qing1
ssu shih pa ch`ing
    ssu shih pa ching
 shijūhachi kyō
forty-eight minor offenses; forty-eight minor precepts

変ホ短調

see styles
 henhotanchou / henhotancho
    へんホたんちょう
{music} E flat minor

変ロ短調

see styles
 henrotanchou / henrotancho
    へんロたんちょう
{music} B flat minor

大同小異


大同小异

see styles
dà tóng xiǎo yì
    da4 tong2 xiao3 yi4
ta t`ung hsiao i
    ta tung hsiao i
 daidoushoui / daidoshoi
    だいどうしょうい
virtually the same; differing only on small points
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) essentially the same with only minor differences

大小三度

see styles
dà xiǎo sān dù
    da4 xiao3 san1 du4
ta hsiao san tu
major and minor third (musical interval)

大小相對


大小相对

see styles
dà xiǎo xiāng duì
    da4 xiao3 xiang1 dui4
ta hsiao hsiang tui
 daishō sōtai
comparison of major and minor

大軍艦鳥

see styles
 oogunkandori; oogunkandori
    おおぐんかんどり; オオグンカンドリ
(kana only) great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

大醇小疵

see styles
dà chún xiǎo cī
    da4 chun2 xiao3 ci1
ta ch`un hsiao tz`u
    ta chun hsiao tzu
great despite minor blemishes; a rough diamond

大題小作


大题小作

see styles
dà tí xiǎo zuò
    da4 ti2 xiao3 zuo4
ta t`i hsiao tso
    ta ti hsiao tso
to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter

如是相好

see styles
rú shì xiàng hǎo
    ru2 shi4 xiang4 hao3
ju shih hsiang hao
 nyoze sōkō
these major and minor marks [that are under discussion]

嬰ト短調

see styles
 eitotanchou / etotancho
    えいトたんちょう
{music} G sharp minor

嬰ニ短調

see styles
 einitanchou / enitancho
    えいニたんちょう
{music} D sharp minor

嬰ハ短調

see styles
 eihatanchou / ehatancho
    えいハたんちょう
{music} C sharp minor

嬰ヘ短調

see styles
 eihetanchou / ehetancho
    えいヘたんちょう
{music} F sharp minor

官幣小社

see styles
 kanpeishousha / kanpeshosha
    かんぺいしょうしゃ
{Shinto} national shrine of minor grade

小アジア

see styles
 shouajia / shoajia
    しょうアジア
Asia Minor; Anatolia

小三和弦

see styles
xiǎo sān hé xián
    xiao3 san1 he2 xian2
hsiao san ho hsien
minor triad la-do-mi

小亞細亞


小亚细亚

see styles
xiǎo yà xì yà
    xiao3 ya4 xi4 ya4
hsiao ya hsi ya
Asia Minor; Anatolia

小獅子座

see styles
 kojishiza
    こじしざ
(astron) Leo Minor (constellation); the Small Lion

小行列式

see styles
 shougyouretsushiki / shogyoretsushiki
    しょうぎょうれつしき
{math} (See 行列式) minor (determinant)

小行菩薩


小行菩萨

see styles
xiǎo xíng pú sà
    xiao3 xing2 pu2 sa4
hsiao hsing p`u sa
    hsiao hsing pu sa
 shōgyō no bosatsu
bodhisattvas who do minor practices

小軍艦鳥


小军舰鸟

see styles
xiǎo jun jiàn niǎo
    xiao3 jun1 jian4 niao3
hsiao chün chien niao
(bird species of China) great frigatebird (Fregata minor)

小題大做


小题大做

see styles
xiǎo tí dà zuò
    xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4
hsiao t`i ta tso
    hsiao ti ta tso
to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)

少年事件

see styles
 shounenjiken / shonenjiken
    しょうねんじけん
incident (e.g. crime) involving a minor (between the ages of 14 and 19)

希少金属

see styles
 kishoukinzoku / kishokinzoku
    きしょうきんぞく
(See レアメタル) rare metal; minor metal

接触事故

see styles
 sesshokujiko
    せっしょくじこ
minor collision; (have) a scrape (with another vehicle); fender bender

推功歸本


推功归本

see styles
tuī gōng guī běn
    tui1 gong1 gui1 ben3
t`ui kung kuei pen
    tui kung kuei pen
 suikō kihon
To put off minor merit for the sake of fundamentals.

提舍尼法

see styles
tí shè ní fǎ
    ti2 she4 ni2 fa3
t`i she ni fa
    ti she ni fa
 daishani hō
minor injunctions regarding meals

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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