小しょう規き模ぼ

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Meanings

Describes something of limited size, scope, or extent. Often used for businesses, events, experiments, or operations.

小しょう規き模ぼな〈事こと〉a small-scale (business/event/operation)
この地ち域いきには小しょう規き模ぼな農のう家かが多おおい。
There are many small-scale farms in this area.
〈事こと〉を小しょう規き模ぼ化かするto scale down something / reduce the scale of something
会かい社しゃは事じ業ぎょうを小しょう規き模ぼ化かした。
The company scaled down its operations.
小しょう規き模ぼながら〈事こと〉although small in scale, ...
小しょう規き模ぼながら、この会かい社しゃは着ちゃく実じつに成せい長ちょうしている。
Although it is a small operation, this company is growing steadily.

小ちいさいN5
小さい is the everyday, general word for physical or abstract smallness, while 小規模 is a more formal term specifically for the scale or scope of an organization, event, or operation.
零れい細さい
小規模 is a neutral term for 'small-scale', while 零細 carries a stronger nuance of insignificance or meagerness, especially in economic contexts.
小こ型がたN3
小規模 describes something as small in scale or scope (like a business or event), while 小型 usually refers to the physical size of an object or vehicle.

大だい規き模ぼN2
大規模 means 'large-scale', the direct opposite of 小規模 'small-scale' in describing the extent of an operation or event.
大だい々だい的てきN1
小規模 means small-scale, the direct opposite of the large, extensive scope implied by 大々的.
大おお掛がかり
小規模 describes something done on a small scale, the direct opposite of 大掛かり which describes large-scale, elaborate undertakings.

小こ型がたN3
小型 describes the physical size or type of an object (e.g. a small-model car), whereas 小規模 describes the scale of an activity, organization, or operation, not its physical dimensions.

Compound of 小 (small) and 規模 (scale, scope).