I Love Kanji小柄 (kogara)
小柄 (こがら, kogara) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “small build; small stature”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こがら
- Romaji
- kogara
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- small build; small stature; petite · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
- small pattern · な-adjective, noun, noun taking の
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 小柄
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 小柄だ | こがらだ kogarada |
| Present (polite) | 小柄です | こがらです kogaradesu |
| Negative | 小柄じゃない | こがらじゃない kogarajanai |
| Past | 小柄だった | こがらだった kogaradatta |
| Negative past | 小柄じゃなかった | こがらじゃなかった kogarajanakatta |
| Te-form | 小柄で | こがらで kogarade |
| Before a noun | 小柄な | こがらな kogarana |
| Adverb (~ni) | 小柄に | こがらに kogarani |
Kanji in 小柄
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 小柄.
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Source: JMdict entry 1348770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.