"小さな" meaning in Japanese

See 小さな in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

adnominal

IPA: [t͡ɕiːsa̠na̠] Forms: 小さな [canonical] (ruby: 小(ちい)), chīsana [romanization], tifisana [romanization], ちひさな [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Appears starting from the Muromachi period. Derived as the -na adjective construction of -i adjective 小(ちい)さい (chīsai, “small, little”). See that entry for further details. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|小さい|ちいさい|small, little}} 小(ちい)さい (chīsai, “small, little”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adnominal|ちいさな|hhira=ちひさな}} 小(ちい)さな • (chīsana) ^(←ちひさな (tifisana)?)
  1. small, little, tiny (of size or amount) Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-小さな-ja-adnominal-qZcvzzhl Disambiguation of Size: 79 21 0 Categories (other): Japanese adnominals, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 69 31 0
  2. small, minor (of extent, scale or importance)
    Sense id: en-小さな-ja-adnominal-ibrEQRky Categories (other): Japanese adnominals, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 21 70 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 88 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 88 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 69 31 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 31 69 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 88 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 64 18
  3. young, little (of age) Categories (topical): Age
    Sense id: en-小さな-ja-adnominal-DDPice1Z Disambiguation of Age: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 小っちゃな (chitchana) (ruby: 小(ち)) Related terms: 小さい (chīsai) (ruby: 小(ちい))

Alternative forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "big, large",
      "roman": "ōkina",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大きな"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chitchana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小っちゃな"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "小さい",
        "2": "ちいさい",
        "3": "small, little"
      },
      "expansion": "小(ちい)さい (chīsai, “small, little”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Appears starting from the Muromachi period. Derived as the -na adjective construction of -i adjective 小(ちい)さい (chīsai, “small, little”). See that entry for further details.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小さな",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ちい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chīsana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tifisana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちひさな",
      "roman": "tifisana",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adnominal",
        "2": "ちいさな",
        "hhira": "ちひさな"
      },
      "expansion": "小(ちい)さな • (chīsana) ^(←ちひさな (tifisana)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adnominal",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chīsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ちい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小さい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese adnominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Size",
          "orig": "ja:Size",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "small bookstore",
          "roman": "chīsana hon'ya",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "屋",
              "や"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小さな本屋"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, little, tiny (of size or amount)"
      ],
      "id": "en-小さな-ja-adnominal-qZcvzzhl",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese adnominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 70 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 88 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 88 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 88 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 64 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to end up with minor damage",
          "roman": "chīsana higai de sumu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "被",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "害",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "済",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小さな被害で済む"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, minor (of extent, scale or importance)"
      ],
      "id": "en-小さな-ja-adnominal-ibrEQRky",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Age",
          "orig": "ja:Age",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "friend from childhood",
          "roman": "chīsana toki kara no yūjin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "とき"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小さな時からの友人"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young, little (of age)"
      ],
      "id": "en-小さな-ja-adnominal-DDPice1Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちいさな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiːsa̠na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Muromachi period"
  ],
  "word": "小さな"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "big, large",
      "roman": "ōkina",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大きな"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adnominals",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "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 multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "ja:Age",
    "ja:Size"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "chitchana",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小っちゃな"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "小さい",
        "2": "ちいさい",
        "3": "small, little"
      },
      "expansion": "小(ちい)さい (chīsai, “small, little”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Appears starting from the Muromachi period. Derived as the -na adjective construction of -i adjective 小(ちい)さい (chīsai, “small, little”). See that entry for further details.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "小さな",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ちい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chīsana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tifisana",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちひさな",
      "roman": "tifisana",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adnominal",
        "2": "ちいさな",
        "hhira": "ちひさな"
      },
      "expansion": "小(ちい)さな • (chīsana) ^(←ちひさな (tifisana)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adnominal",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "chīsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "ちい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小さい"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "small bookstore",
          "roman": "chīsana hon'ya",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "屋",
              "や"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小さな本屋"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, little, tiny (of size or amount)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "amount",
          "amount"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to end up with minor damage",
          "roman": "chīsana higai de sumu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "被",
              "ひ"
            ],
            [
              "害",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "済",
              "す"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小さな被害で済む"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, minor (of extent, scale or importance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ],
        [
          "extent",
          "extent"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "friend from childhood",
          "roman": "chīsana toki kara no yūjin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "ちい"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "とき"
            ],
            [
              "友",
              "ゆう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "じん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "小さな時からの友人"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young, little (of age)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちいさな"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕiːsa̠na̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Muromachi period"
  ],
  "word": "小さな"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 小さな meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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