Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 大同小異(だいどうしょうい) in Japanese

大同小異
Kana Reading
だいどうしょうい
Romaji
daidōshōi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    essentially the same with only minor differences

Examples of 大同小異, だいどうしょうい in a sentence

Related Kanji

異 JLPT 2

11 strokes

uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual

On'Yomi: イ

Kun'Yomi: こと, こと.なる, け

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小 JLPT 5

3 strokes

little, small

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-

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同 JLPT 4

6 strokes

same, agree, equal

On'Yomi: ドウ

Kun'Yomi: おな.じ

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大 JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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