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小さ (ちいさ, chiisa) Japanese meaning: baby | Kotomora
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Related words 小さ is an archaic literary noun for a baby, while 赤ちゃん is the ordinary modern word used in everyday speech.
小さ is an old, no-longer-used term for a baby, whereas 赤ん坊 is a common modern word, slightly more colloquial than 赤ちゃん.
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Word family small; little; tiny · slight; minor; small (in degree/amount) · low (sound); soft (voice) · unimportant; petty; trivial · young; juvenile
small; little; tiny
smallish; on the small side
small child; servant child
Etymology The historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling 小さ is conventionally associated with the meaning 'small' or 'young', but this word is now obsolete.
