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小柄 (こがら): small, diminutive — Japanese vocabulary

小柄 is read こがら and means "small, diminutive". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

小柄

Reading
こがら · kogara
Translation
small, diminutive
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こがらが

Example

息子は年の割には小柄だ。

むすこはねんのわりにはこがらだ。

My son is small for his age.

Kanji in this word

  • 小 — small
  • 柄 — Design, Pattern, Build

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