Illustration: At a pottery workshop, an adult holds a fully formed miniature teapot on an open palm. Its round body, little handle, lid and spout are all clear, but the entire pot fits comfortably beneath two fingers. A normal household teapot sits farther back on the workbench for scale.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

小ちいさい

chiisai

small, little

Example sentences

  1. その机つくえはメグには小ちいさすぎる。

    The desk is too small for Meg.

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  2. この本ほんは小ちいさい。

    This book is small.

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  3. 日本にっぽんの家いえは小ちいさい。

    Japanese houses are small.

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Kanji in 小

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-

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