"小さい" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [t͡ɕiːsa̠i]
Etymology: */tipisasi/ → /tifisasi/ → /t͡ɕihisaɕi/ → /t͡ɕiːsaɕi/ → /t͡ɕiːsai/ Ultimate derivation uncertain. The 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). Possibly 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). Etymology templates: {{m|en|small}} small, {{m|ja|ちょっと||a little bit|pos=adverb|tr=chotto}} ちょっと (chotto, “a little bit”, adverb), {{m|ja|ちっと|tr=chitto}} ちっと (chitto), {{m|ja|ちと|tr=chito}} ちと (chito), {{m|ja|ちび||small and round|pos=often with overtones of cuteness|tr=chibi}} ちび (chibi, “small and round”, often with overtones of cuteness), {{m|ja|粒||small round thing|pos=such as a grain of rice|tr=tsubu}} 粒 (tsubu, “small round thing”, such as a grain of rice) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ちいさい|hhira=ちひさい|infl=i}} 小(ちい)さい • (chīsai) ^(←ちひさい (tifisai)?)-i (adverbial 小(ちい)さく (chīsaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|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}} Forms: 小さい [canonical] (ruby: (ちい)), chīsai [romanization], tifisai [romanization], 小さく [adverbial] (ruby: (ちい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 小さかろ [imperfective, stem], ちいさかろ [imperfective, stem], chīsakaro [imperfective], 小さく [continuative, stem], ちいさく [continuative, stem], chīsaku [continuative], 小さい [stem, terminative], ちいさい [stem, terminative], chīsai [terminative], 小さい [attributive, stem], ちいさい [attributive, stem], chīsai [attributive], 小さけれ [hypothetical, stem], ちいさけれ [hypothetical, stem], chīsakere [hypothetical], 小さかれ [imperative, stem], ちいさかれ [imperative, stem], chīsakare [imperative], 小さくない [informal, negative], ちいさくない [informal, negative], chīsaku nai [informal, negative], 小さかった [informal, past], ちいさかった [informal, past], chīsakatta [informal, past], 小さくなかった [informal, negative, past], ちいさくなかった [informal, negative, past], chīsaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 小さいです [formal], ちいさいです [formal], chīsai desu [formal], 小さくないです [formal, negative], ちいさくないです [formal, negative], chīsaku nai desu [formal, negative], 小さかったです [formal, past], ちいさかったです [formal, past], chīsakatta desu [formal, past], 小さくなかったです [formal, negative, past], ちいさくなかったです [formal, negative, past], chīsaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 小さくて [conjunctive], ちいさくて [conjunctive], chīsakute [conjunctive], 小さければ [conditional], ちいさければ [conditional], chīsakereba [conditional], 小さかったら [conditional, past], ちいさかったら [conditional, past], chīsakattara [conditional, past], 小さかろう [volitional], ちいさかろう [volitional], chīsakarō [volitional], 小さく [adverbial], ちいさく [adverbial], chīsaku [adverbial], 小ささ [noun-from-adj], ちいささ [noun-from-adj], chīsasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. (of size or amount) small, little, tiny Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-小さい-ja-adj-NCaP~fZG Disambiguation of Size: 100 0 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51
  2. (of age) young, little
    Sense id: en-小さい-ja-adj-CycY9R9v Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 小っちゃい (chitchai) (ruby: ())

Alternative forms

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  "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_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "small"
      },
      "expansion": "small",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ちょっと",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a little bit",
        "pos": "adverb",
        "tr": "chotto"
      },
      "expansion": "ちょっと (chotto, “a little bit”, adverb)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ちっと",
        "tr": "chitto"
      },
      "expansion": "ちっと (chitto)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ちと",
        "tr": "chito"
      },
      "expansion": "ちと (chito)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ちび",
        "3": "",
        "4": "small and round",
        "pos": "often with overtones of cuteness",
        "tr": "chibi"
      },
      "expansion": "ちび (chibi, “small and round”, often with overtones of cuteness)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "粒",
        "3": "",
        "4": "small round thing",
        "pos": "such as a grain of rice",
        "tr": "tsubu"
      },
      "expansion": "粒 (tsubu, “small round thing”, such as a grain of rice)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "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).",
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    {
      "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",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        {
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          "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": "ᵗᵉˣᵗ\n教師は二人だ。大きい奴と、小さい奴だ。"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "young, little"
      ],
      "id": "en-小さい-ja-adj-CycY9R9v",
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
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        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
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        "(of age) young, little"
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        "of age"
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      "other": "ちいさい"
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    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiːsa̠i]"
    }
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}
{
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      "roman": "ōkii",
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          "おお"
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      "word": "大きい"
    }
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    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "ja:Size"
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      "roman": "chitchai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小っちゃい"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "small",
      "name": "m"
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        "3": "",
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        "tr": "chotto"
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      "expansion": "ちょっと (chotto, “a little bit”, adverb)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "ちっと (chitto)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "form": "小さい",
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        [
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          "ちい"
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        "canonical"
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          "ちい"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ja-i",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "小さかろ",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "ちいさかろ",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "chīsakaro",
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        "imperfective"
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    {
      "form": "小さく",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "ちいさく",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "chīsaku",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "小さい",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ちいさい",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "infl": "i"
      },
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      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
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        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
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        "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",
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        "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"
            ],
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              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ],
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ᵗᵉˣᵗ\n教師は二人だ。大きい奴と、小さい奴だ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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          "little"
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      ],
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          "little"
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      ]
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    {
      "other": "ちいさい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiːsa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "小さい"
}
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