Slight

"Slight" in Japanese

つまらない

tsumaranai

(small in amount, insignificant)

些細な

sasai na

(small in amount, insignificant)

僅な

wazuka na

(small in amount, insignificant)

末梢的な

masshōteki na

(small in amount, insignificant)

軽微な

keibi na

(small in amount, insignificant)

軽視

keishi

(act of slighting)

賎しめる

iyashimeru

(to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

軽んじる

karonjiru

(to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

軽視する

keishi suru

(to treat with a lack of respect; to make light of)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.