微び々びたるもの

also: びびたるもん

Meanings

1

expression, noun

very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount

Used to emphasize that something is extremely small, trivial, or hardly worth considering. Often appears in contexts of comparison or dismissal.

彼かれの給きゅう料りょうは微び々びたるものだ。
His salary is a very small amount.
その差さは微び々びたるものに過すぎない。
The difference is nothing more than a negligible amount.

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Kanji

微delicate, minuteness, insignificance
物thing, object, matter

Related words

僅わずか
僅か is an adjective meaning 'a little' or 'few', while 微々たるもの is a noun phrase emphasizing insignificance.
些さ細さい
些細 is a na-adjective meaning 'trivial' or 'minor', often used for matters; 微々たるもの is more concrete and quantitative.

Written forms

微び々びたるもの
Standard kanji spelling using 々 for repetition.
微び々びたる物もの
Alternate kanji for もの; less common but acceptable.
微々びびたるもん
Search-only form reflecting colloquial pronunciation of もの as もん; not a standard written form.

Etymology

微々 is a reduplication of 微, “minute” or “insignificant”; たる is the attributive form of the literary copula たり, followed by もの, “thing.”