Lowercase Letters
Lowercase Characters, Lowercase
noun
You know that 文字 means "letters". So, what are "small letters"? That would be lowercase letters.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. However, 小 uses the kun'yomi reading and 文 is an exception here, so here's a mnemonic to help you remember this:
You learned your lowercase letters from 子 Moe (こも). That's right, after Moe taught you all the letters, his son 子 Moe taught you the lowercase ones. Such teamwork.
Eメールアドレスは、全て小文字で入力して下さい。
Please enter your email address in all lowercase letters.
パスワードには小文字と大文字を入れて下さい。
Please use lowercase letters and uppercase letters in the password.
これは小文字のLですか？それとも大文字のIですか？
Is this a lowercase L? Or is it a capital letter I?