矮小化

Japanese

Kanji in this term
わい
Hyōgai
しょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Noun

(わい)(しょう)() • (waishōka

  1. condensation, minification
  2. trivialization

Antonyms

Verb

(わい)(しょう)()する • (waishōka surutransitive suru (stem (わい)(しょう)() (waishōka shi), past (わい)(しょう)()した (waishōka shita))

  1. to condense, to minify
  2. to trivialize, to minimize, to downplay
    • 2025 August 11, “残念/当然/事を矮小化したケツ”, in 中日新聞 [Chunichi Shimbun], 朝刊(市民版) [Nagoya morning] edition, number 29701, 社会 [Society], page 23:
      漫画家のやくみつるさんは、暴力事案を非公表のまま出馬を決めた広陵や高野連の対応に「事を矮小(わいしょう)にして、甘い処分をした対応がかえって事を大きくした」と指摘。
      Mangaka no Yaku Mitsuru-san wa, bōryoku jian o hikōhyō no mama shutsuba o kimeta Kōryō ya Kōyaren no taiō ni “koto o waishōka ni shite, amai shobun o shita taiō ga kaette koto o ōkiku shita” to shiteki.
      Manga artist Mitsuru Yaku pointed out the response of Koryo High School and the Japan High School Baseball Federation, who decided to compete without disclosing the violent incident, saying, "Their response of downplaying the matter and imposing a lenient punishment only made it worse."

Conjugation