小品|しょうひんshouhin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounshort piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; essay
2. nounsmall article; small item

• Related小品文NeutralRefers only to short essays and prose — literary writing alone; 「小品」 has a wider range, also covering short musical pieces, paintings, and small objects.
• Antonym大作たいさくNeutralAn antonym: a large-scale, monumental work or magnum opus, the opposite of a short, small 「小品」.
• Antonym大編WrittenAn antonym meaning a long-form work; written in flavor and used less often.

Use 「小品」 for short works of any kind — brief pieces of music, writing, or art, and small items. For literary essays say 「小品文」; for large-scale or monumental works use 「大作」 (or the rarer, more written 「大編」).

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1. 小ちいさな品物しなもの。
2. 小規模しょうきぼな作品さくひん。