Word Meaning 小便

しょうべん shouben

小便 is read as しょうべん (shouben) and means breaking a contract.

Meaning

English

  1. breaking a contract
  2. urine
  3. piss
  4. pee
  5. urination

Reading

Kana

しょうべん

Romaji

shouben

Writing Variants

  • 小便 しょんべん shomben

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 大便 Rank 855 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小便所

しょうべんじょ

urinal

小便をする

しょうべんをする

to urinate

大小便

だいしょうべん

feces and urine

連小便

つれしょうべん

going off to urinate together

立小便

たちしょうべん

urinating outdoors

寝小便

ねしょうべん

bed-wetting

小便器

しょうべんき

urinal

小便臭い

しょうべんくさい

stinking of urine

小便小僧

しょうべんこぞう

Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain)

小便を漏らす

しょうべんをもらす

to wet one's pants

小包郵便物

こづつみゆうびんぶつ

parcel (to be sent by post)

Example Sentences

3

I'm not really shy about using urinals.

"When they say your pee is amber-colored, that means you're dehydrated."

The inspiration for Manneken Pis was a boy named Julian from Brussels, Belgium.