See 小さい on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "ōkii",
"ruby": [
[
"大",
"おお"
]
],
"word": "大きい"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "chitchai",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"ち"
]
],
"word": "小っちゃい"
}
],
"etymology_text": "*/tipisasi/ → /tifisasi/ → /t͡ɕihisaɕi/ → /t͡ɕiːsaɕi/ → /t͡ɕiːsai/\nUltimate derivation uncertain.\nThe initial chi element appears in other words with similar meanings of small, such as ちょっと (chotto, “a little bit”, adverb), from ちっと (chitto), from even earlier ちと (chito).\nPossibly related to ちび (chibi, “small and round”, often with overtones of cuteness), itself apparently derived from 粒 (tsubu, “small round thing”, such as a grain of rice).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "小さい",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"ちい"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "tifisai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "小さく",
"roman": "chīsaku",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"ちい"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "小さく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "小さけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "小さければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "小さく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "小ささ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいささ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ちいさい",
"hhira": "ちひさい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "小(ちい)さい • (chīsai) ^(←ちひさい (tifisai)?)-i (adverbial 小(ちい)さく (chīsaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "ちいさ",
"lemma": "小さ",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "66 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "100 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ja",
"name": "Size",
"orig": "ja:Size",
"parents": [
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There were two teachers. A big one, and a little one.",
"ref": "1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:",
"roman": "Kyōshi wa futari da. Ōkii yatsu to, chīsai yatsu da.",
"ruby": [
[
"教",
"きょう"
],
[
"師",
"し"
],
[
"二",
"ふた"
],
[
"人",
"り"
],
[
"大",
"おお"
],
[
"奴",
"やつ"
],
[
"小",
"ちい"
],
[
"奴",
"やつ"
]
],
"text": "教師は二人だ。大きい奴と、小さい奴だ。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"small, little, tiny"
],
"id": "en-小さい-ja-adj-NCaP~fZG",
"links": [
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"tiny",
"tiny"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of size or amount) small, little, tiny"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of size or amount"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "66 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"young, little"
],
"id": "en-小さい-ja-adj-CycY9R9v",
"links": [
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"little",
"little"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of age) young, little"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of age"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ちいさい"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ɕiːsa̠i]"
}
],
"word": "小さい"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "ōkii",
"ruby": [
[
"大",
"おお"
]
],
"word": "大きい"
}
],
"categories": [
"Japanese adjectives",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with manual fragments",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ja:Size"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "chitchai",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"ち"
]
],
"word": "小っちゃい"
}
],
"etymology_text": "*/tipisasi/ → /tifisasi/ → /t͡ɕihisaɕi/ → /t͡ɕiːsaɕi/ → /t͡ɕiːsai/\nUltimate derivation uncertain.\nThe initial chi element appears in other words with similar meanings of small, such as ちょっと (chotto, “a little bit”, adverb), from ちっと (chitto), from even earlier ちと (chito).\nPossibly related to ちび (chibi, “small and round”, often with overtones of cuteness), itself apparently derived from 粒 (tsubu, “small round thing”, such as a grain of rice).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "小さい",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"ちい"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "tifisai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "小さく",
"roman": "chīsaku",
"ruby": [
[
"小",
"ちい"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "小さく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさい",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "小さけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさいです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "小さければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "小さかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "小さく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいさく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "小ささ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "ちいささ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "chīsasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ちいさい",
"hhira": "ちひさい",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "小(ちい)さい • (chīsai) ^(←ちひさい (tifisai)?)-i (adverbial 小(ちい)さく (chīsaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "ちいさ",
"lemma": "小さ",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There were two teachers. A big one, and a little one.",
"ref": "1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:",
"roman": "Kyōshi wa futari da. Ōkii yatsu to, chīsai yatsu da.",
"ruby": [
[
"教",
"きょう"
],
[
"師",
"し"
],
[
"二",
"ふた"
],
[
"人",
"り"
],
[
"大",
"おお"
],
[
"奴",
"やつ"
],
[
"小",
"ちい"
],
[
"奴",
"やつ"
]
],
"text": "教師は二人だ。大きい奴と、小さい奴だ。",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"small, little, tiny"
],
"links": [
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"tiny",
"tiny"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of size or amount) small, little, tiny"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of size or amount"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"young, little"
],
"links": [
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"little",
"little"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of age) young, little"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of age"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ちいさい"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ɕiːsa̠i]"
}
],
"word": "小さい"
}
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