Illustration: At a home gathering, a host crouches beside a low dining table, painstakingly nudging one teaspoon into exact alignment with its saucer. The adjustment is barely perceptible. Around the same table, guests comfortably eat, laugh, and pass dishes, entirely unaffected by the spoon's position.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

些さ事じ

saji

trifle, minor matter

Example sentences

  1. 些事さじにこだわらない。

    I don’t sweat the small stuff.

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  2. 席順せきじゅんなど些事さじだから、会議かいぎを始はじめよう。

    The seating order is a minor detail, so let’s start the meeting.

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  3. 今いまは些事さじを後回あとまわしにして、引ひっ越こしを進すすめよう。

    Let’s set the small details aside for now and get on with the move.

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Kanji in 些事

  • 些a little bit; sometimesOnサ・シャKunちと・ちっと・いささか
  • 事matter; thingOnジ・ズKunこと・つかう・つかえる

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