少々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	少
しょう Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
少少小小小々

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーしょー [shóꜜòshòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɕo̞ː]

Adverb

少(しょう)々(しょう) • (shōshō) ^{←せうせう (seuseu)^?}

a small amount

Synonyms

少(すこ)し (sukoshi)

Phrase

少(しょう)々(しょう) • (shōshō) ^{←せうせう (seuseu)^?}

Just a minute!

Synonyms

ちょっとまって (chotto matte)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN