Describes something so small or unimportant that it is not worth worrying about. Often used in negative contexts like 些細なことで怒る (get angry over trivial things).
Let's stop fighting over trivial things.
彼は些細なミスを気にしすぎる。
He worries too much about minor mistakes.
I ended up arguing with him over something trivial.
He worries too much about trivial things.
There's only a minor difference between the two proposals.
些細 is a more formal adjective meaning 'trivial' or 'minor', often describing objective details, whereas 大したことない is casual and used to downplay a situation in conversation.
些細 is a more formal, written word for 'trivial/minor', while 小さい can informally describe the same kind of insignificant matter.
些細 is a common na-adjective for 'minor, trifling' used for everyday small matters, whereas 枝葉 specifically frames something as peripheral to a main point.
些細 stresses that something is trivially small in importance, while 軽い more generally means minor or not serious.
些細 means trifling or minor, the opposite of 莫大, which describes an enormous amount or scale.
些細 describes something trivial or minor, the opposite of 大事 meaning important or significant.
些細 describes something trivial or minor, the opposite of クリティカル's sense of being critically important.
些細 describes something trivial or minor, the opposite of 肝要, which describes something of critical importance.