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ちいさい

小さい

N5

small

chiisai

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JLPT
N5
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Meanings

  1. 1
    small; little; tinyい-adjective
  2. 2
    slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minorい-adjective
  3. 3
    low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)い-adjective

JMdict 1347750

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
小さいですちいさいです
ちいさいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
小さかったですちいさかったです
ちいさかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
小さくないですちいさくないです
ちいさくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
小さくないちいさくない
ちいさくない
Te-form (Connecting)
小さくてちいさくて
ちいさくて
Adverbial (~ku)
小さくちいさく
ちいさく

In a sentence

小(ちい)さいsmall猫(ねこ)catが好(す)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

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