► 形容詞
細かい [(3)こまかい] meaning: detail rank: 1
☆ 彼は細かい指示を出した ⇨ He gave detailed instructions (☛ Often negative connotations, as overly detailed, fussy)
細かい [(3)こまかい] meaning: fine rank: 1
☆ 彼女は神経が細かい ⇨ She has fine nerves. She is very sensitive
☆ 目の細かい網戸 ⇨ A fine mesh window
☆ 細かく刻んだ玉ねぎ ⇨ Finely chopped onions
細かい [(3)こまかい] meaning: small rank: 1
☆ 彼のノートには細かい字で沢山の事が書かれている ⇨ A lot of things are written in small letters on his notebook
☆ 細かいの持ってる？ ⇨ Do you have small changes?
細かい [(3)こまかい] meaning: trivial rank: 1
☆ そんな細かい事は今は大切ではない ⇨ Those small, trivial, details are not important now
☆ 彼女は細かいことにうるさい ⇨ She is very fussy about small stuff
More examples:
- 私達の学校はきめ細かい指導を常に心がけている ⇨ Our school is always striving for detailed, meticulous, teaching
- あいつは細かいことにうるさいからうんざりする ⇨ I’m fed up with him because he’s so fastidious about little stuff
- 彼はなんやかんやと細かい注文を付ける ⇨ He makes all kinds of small orders, demands, complaints
- 彼は細かい事に全く頓着しない ⇨ He doesn’t care about small things
- 彼は虫眼鏡を使って細かい所を見ている ⇨ He is looking at the details with a magnifying glass
- 紙には細かい字で何かがびっしりと書き込まれていた ⇨ Something was written tightly in small letters on the entire sheet
- 細かい所は後で直そうと思っている ⇨ I’m thinking that I will fix the fine details later
- 彼は細かい事をきちんとしない ⇨ He doesn’t take care of small things properly
- きめの細かい肌、粗い肌 ⇨ Skin with very fine texture, rough texture