ちっぽけ

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Colloquial adjectival noun describing something as extremely small or trivial, often with a dismissive or emphatic tone.

ちっぽけな〈物もの〉a tiny/insignificant (thing)
そんなことは、この広ひろい世せ界かいではちっぽけな問もん題だいだ。
In this vast world, that kind of thing is just a tiny problem.
自じ分ぶんがちっぽけに感かんじるto feel small/insignificant (about oneself)
大おおきな山やまを見み上あげて、自じ分ぶんがちっぽけに感かんじた。
Looking up at the huge mountain, I felt so insignificant.
ちっぽけなプライドpetty/small pride
そんなちっぽけなプライドは捨すててしまえ。
Just throw away that petty pride of yours.

小ちいさいN5
小さい is the neutral, all-purpose word for 'small', while ちっぽけ is colloquial and adds a dismissive or emphatic sense of insignificance.
些さ細さいN2
些細 describes something trivial or minor, especially matters or problems, whereas ちっぽけ more broadly describes physical or figurative smallness with a dismissive tone.
微び小しょう
微小 is a formal, technical word for something minute in size, while ちっぽけ is casual speech carrying an emotional, belittling nuance.

巨きょ大だいN3
巨大 means huge or gigantic, the direct opposite of the tiny, insignificant sense of ちっぽけ.

ちっぽけUsage96%
Standard kana spelling; the kanji form 小っぽけ is rare and search-only.
小ちっぽけUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Rare kanji form; learners should use the kana spelling.
チッポケUsage2%

Derived from ちっぽ (small) + suffix け, with the same pattern as 小さっぽけ. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.