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jmdict 1595030 Active (id: 1977475)
少量 [ichi1,news1,nf14] 小量 [ichi1]
しょうりょう [ichi1,news1,nf14]
1. [n,adj-no,adj-na]
▶ small quantity
▶ small amount
Cross references:
  ⇔ ant: 1408170 多量 1. large quantity; large amount
2. [n,adj-na]
《esp. 小量》
▶ narrowmindedness



History:
6. A 2018-04-24 11:27:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2018-04-24 10:41:07  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, daij
G n-grams:
少量の	426621
少量な	12848
  Comments:
I don't think it's used adverbially.
Don't need "small dose" as a gloss.
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +21,2 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -22,3 +24 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>small dose</gloss>
+<xref type="ant" seq="1408170">多量</xref>
@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>small amount</gloss>
@@ -27,0 +29 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -29,2 +30,0 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
4. A 2016-04-19 04:50:34  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2016-04-18 23:24:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijs: sense 2: "(小量)度量が狭いこと。また、そのさま。狭量。"
http://www.nihonjiten.com/data/12550.html (splits)
  Comments:
It's probably not a major point as 小量 only gets 0.1% the hits of 少量, but from what I can see in texts 小量 can mean both, but 少量 never seems to mean "narrowmindedness".
  Diff:
@@ -24 +23,0 @@
-<s_inf>esp. 少量</s_inf>
2. A* 2016-04-17 11:33:18  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not sure I believe in this distinction.
The most common ngrams for both forms are things like
  小量の水/少量の水
  小量の塩/少量の塩
  小量の油/少量の油
etc
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