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Meaning of 小事(しょうじ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 小事

Kana Reading しょうじ

Romaji shōji

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

trifling matter; trifle

Examples of 小事, しょうじ in a sentence

小事を軽んずるなかれ。

Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
小事は小人を喜ばす。

Little thing please little minds.

Related Kanji

小 JLPT 5

3 strokes

little, small

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-

事 JLPT 4

8 strokes

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

On'Yomi: ジ, ズ

Kun'Yomi: こと, つか.う, つか.える