JLPT N5 vocabulary
小さい: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ちいさい3Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- small, little, tiny
- slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small
- low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice)
- unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial
- young, juvenile

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 小さい | 小さ |
| Plain past過去形 | 小さ | 小さ |
| Polite presentです形 | 小さい | 小さ |
| Polite pastでした形 | 小さ | 小さ |
| Te-formて形 | 小さ | 小さ |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 小さい | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 小さ | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 小さ | 小さ |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 小さ | 小さ |
Example sentences
あの映画館は狭い上に、画面も小さい。
Not only is the movie theatre cramped, but the screen is also small.