木こっ端ぱ

noun

wood chip; splinter

Small piece or fragment of wood, often a byproduct of cutting or breaking.

• 床ゆかに木こっ端ぱが落おちているから気きをつけて。

  There are wood chips on the floor, so be careful.

• 大だい工くさんが木こっ端ぱを掃そう除じした。

  The carpenter cleaned up the wood splinters.

noun, used as a prefix, noun

worthless thing; worthless person

Used as a prefix or standalone noun to disparage something or someone as trivial, insignificant, or of no value. Often in compounds like 木っ端役人 (petty official).

• あんな木こっ端ぱ役やく人にんに何なにがわかる。

  What does a petty official like that know?

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんのことを木こっ端ぱだと思おもっている。

  He thinks of himself as a nobody.