Japanese Word for "Little"
The Japanese word for small is chiisai. That's pronounced "chee-sai".
The kanji for chiisai is very simple, so if you are just trying to use the adjective "little", you need to write all three characters:
Here's how to write the Japanese word for little in hiragana:
The Japanese kanji for little most often shows up in combination with other kanji. For instance, if you put together the kanji for little and the kanji for school, you get "elementary school".
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