ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

大は(たいは)小(しょう)を兼ねる(かねる)だ

Vocabulary List

小 (ささ;さざ) (pref) (See さざ波) small; little [EDICT] (お) (pref) (1) (See 小川) small; narrow; (2) (See 小野) familiar prefix; (3) (See 小暗い) slightly; a bit [EDICT] (ぐゎー) (suf) (rkb [EDICT] (こ) (pref) (1) (See 小皿) small; little; slight; (2) (See 小半日,弱・じゃく・2) slightly less than; just about; (3) (See こざっぱり) somewhat; somehow; (4) (See 小役人) minor (sometimes derogatory); petty [EDICT] (しょう) (n,n-pref) (1) smallness; small item; (2) (See 小の月) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); (3) (abbr) (See 小学校) elementary school; (4) younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); (5) (arch) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) [EDICT] (xiǎo, ㄒㄧㄠˇ) small; tiny; few; young [CE-DICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 兼ねる (かねる) (aux-v) (1) (See 兼ねない) to be unable to (usu. kana); to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (usu. kana); (v1,vt) (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside; (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others); (5) to think of the future (as well as the present); (P) [EDICT] だ () (prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (fam) marks wh-question (what, where, who); (2) (chn) strengthens one's judgment or conclusion; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) if it's the case; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) even [EDICT] () (suf,prt) and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (col) (abbr) (See 友達) friend [EDICT] () (n) undercut (of a machined edge) [EDICT] (駄) (pref) (1) (See 駄文・1) poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless; (n-suf,ctr) (2) (See 一駄) load; pack; horse load; (n) (3) packhorse [EDICT] (兌) (n) dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching [EDICT]