Word Meaning 小便小僧

しょうべんこぞう shoubenkozou

小便小僧 is read as しょうべんこぞう (shoubenkozou) and means Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain).

Meaning

English

  1. Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain)
  2. Petit Julien

Reading

Kana

しょうべんこぞう

Romaji

shoubenkozou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 85604 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小僧

こぞう

young Buddhist monk

小僧子

こぞっこ

brat

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

小便を漏らす

しょうべんをもらす

to wet one's pants

小児脂肪便症

しょうにしぼうびんしょう

celiac disease

一つ目小僧

ひとつめこぞう

one-eyed goblin

カメラ小僧

かめらこぞう

photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

弁天小僧

べんてんこぞう

Benten Kozō (main character of the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)

Example Sentences

1

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