小規模|しょうきぼshoukibo[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- na-adjective, nounsmall scale
Conjugation
| Plain form | 小規模（しょうきぼ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 小規模です（しょうきぼです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 小規模ではない（しょうきぼではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 小規模ではありません（しょうきぼではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 小規模だった（しょうきぼだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 小規模ではなかった（しょうきぼではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 小規模で（しょうきぼで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 小規模に（しょうきぼに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 小規模なら（しょうきぼなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym零細れいさいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes an extremely small scale, mostly of businesses, as in 「零細企業」; 「小規模」 is milder in degree.
- Synonym小さいちいさいNeutralA neutral adjective for anything small, with the widest range of uses; 「小規模」 refers specifically to scale.
- Synonym小型こがたNeutralNeutral. Refers to small size, model, or scale, as in 「小型車」 and 「小型店舗」; 「小規模」 focuses on the scale of an organization or business.
- RelatedちいちゃいCasualColloquial, a childlike way of saying something is small; 「小規模」 is the formal term.
- RelatedちっちゃいCasualColloquial; means very small; 「小規模」 is the formal term.
- Antonym大規模だいきぼNeutralNeutral. Means large in scale, the direct opposite of 「小規模」.
Use 「小規模」 for a small-scale organization or business, as in 「小規模店舗」. For extremely small businesses use 「零細」, for small models or sizes 「小型」, and for small things in general 「小さい」. The opposite is 「大規模」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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