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ちいさい

小さい

small

chiisai

JLPT
N5
Frequency
#1,645

Meanings

  1. 1
    small; little; tinyadj-i
  2. 2
    slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minoradj-i
  3. 3
    low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)adj-i

JMdict 1347750

In a sentence

ちいさい小さいsmallねこ猫catがすき好きlike

I like small cats

How it works

The adjective 小さいちいさい (small) sits right before the noun it describes (猫ねこ (cat)) — just like English. Then が (subject) marks that small cat as the thing liked, and 好きすき (like) (really “liked,” an adjective-like word) ends it. Plain and casual, with no です (is).

Written with

小little3 strokes