小さい

(1) （生物、特に人について使用され）生命、発達、または成長の初期の段階に((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people")((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)

⇒若い人々((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)

(2) のほとんど重要性または影響または力のないさま未成年の地位の(of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians")(of little importance or influence or power)(of minor status)

⇒つまらない政治家(of minor status)

(3) 身長が低い高くない(low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man")(low in stature)(not tall)

⇒小さい男性(not tall)

(4) 数、量、大きさまたは範囲が制限された、あるいは平均以下の(limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")(limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

⇒少ない（小さい）グループ(limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

(5) 容量においてとても低い(very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf")(very low in volume)

⇒打ち寄せる波の低い音のさざめき(very low in volume)

(6) 感情を起こさせるには取るに足りない（状況により、優しさ、またはその反対）(small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation")(small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context))

⇒なんと不快な取るに足らない状況だろう(small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context))

(7) 社会的地位または質において低いまたは劣る(low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings")(low or inferior in station or quality)

⇒ささいな始まり(low or inferior in station or quality)

(8) より柔らかに、小さく、あるいは、明らかである、あるいはの状態にされる(being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets")(being or made softer or less loud or clear)

⇒音が控えめであるトランペット(being or made softer or less loud or clear)

(9) 小さいサイズまたは重要性でない(of less size or importance; "the lesser anteater"; "the lesser of two evils")(of less size or importance)

⇒2つの悪のうちの小さい方(of less size or importance)

(10) サイズまたは範囲で制限される(limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country")(limited in size or scope)

⇒小規模な国(limited in size or scope)

(11) （子供や動物について）若くて、未熟なさま((of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children")((of children and animals) young, immature)

⇒小さい子供((of children and animals) young, immature)

(12) 微小で重要でない((informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")(small and of little importance)

⇒警官に無料の食事を与えることは違法かもしれないが、それはごく小さな違反だろう(small and of little importance)

(13) 非常に小さい(very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy")(very small)

⇒バーレーンの小さな点のような国家は民主主義に近づいた(very small)

(14) （声について）かすかな((of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice")((of a voice) faint)

⇒静かな小さい声((of a voice) faint)