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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 小さい - small - chiisai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さい

    Reading

    ちいさい
    chiisai

    Meaning

    is small

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくない

    Reading

    ちいさくない
    chiisakunai

    Meaning

    is not small

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    小さいです

    Reading

    ちいさいです
    chiisaidesu

    Meaning

    is small

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくありません

    Reading

    ちいさくありません
    chiisakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not small

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さかった

    Reading

    ちいさかった
    chiisakatta

    Meaning

    was small

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくなかった

    Reading

    ちいさくなかった
    chiisakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not small

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    小さかったです

    Reading

    ちいさかったです
    chiisakattadesu

    Meaning

    was small

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくありませんでした

    Reading

    ちいさくありませんでした
    chiisakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not small

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さくて

    Reading

    ちいさくて
    chiisakute

    Meaning

    is small, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくなくて

    Reading

    ちいさくなくて
    chiisakunakute

    Meaning

    is not small, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さいだろう

    Reading

    ちいさいだろう
    chiisaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be small

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくないだろう

    Reading

    ちいさくないだろう
    chiisakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be small

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    小さいでしょう

    Reading

    ちいさいでしょう
    chiisaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be small

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくないでしょう

    Reading

    ちいさくないでしょう
    chiisakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be small

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さく

    Reading

    ちいさく
    chiisaku

    Meaning

    in a small way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さければ

    Reading

    ちいさければ
    chiisakereba

    Meaning

    if it is small

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくなければ

    Reading

    ちいさくなければ
    chiisakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not small

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小さかったら

    Reading

    ちいさかったら
    chiisakattara

    Meaning

    if it was small

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    小さくなかったら

    Reading

    ちいさくなかったら
    chiisakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not small

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    小ささ

    Reading

    ちいささ
    chiisasa

    Meaning

    small-ness (or the quality of being small)

Word Detail

    word

    小さい

    Meaning

    Small

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    小

    Meaning

    Small

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