When I was a kid, I thought that if I died the world would just disappear. What a childish delusion! I just couldn't accept that the world could continue to exist without me.
Pleased with The Pilgrim's Progress, my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes.
「天路歴程」が気に入ったので、私が最初に集めたのは小さい分冊本のジョン・バニヤン著作集だった。
My foot is small beside yours.
私の足はあなたのに比べて小さい。
Keep your voice down.
小さい声で話してください。
This book is very small.
この本はとても小さい。
That little house looks just like the little house my grandmother lived in when she was a little girl, on a hill covered with daisies and apple trees growing around.
"What is your wish?" asked the little white rabbit.
「あなたの願い事はなに?」と小さい白いウサギが聞きました。 `Anata no negaigoto wa nani?' To chīsai shiroi usagi ga kikimashita.
The chicks hatched in April have also become 5 months old. Their bodies are about the same size as their parents, about the only difference is that the roosters have smaller crests than their father.
"Forever and always!" replied the little white rabbit.
「いつも、そしていつまでもよ!」と小さい白いウサギはいいました。
Compared with yours, my car is small.
君の車と比べれば、ぼくの車は小さい。
Australia is the smallest continent in the world.
オーストラリアは世界で最も小さい大陸である。
The little black rabbit opened her eyes very wide and said that it was very large and high.
小さい黒いウサギは彼女の目を開いて、とてもひろくてとても高いのだといいました。
Speak softly.
小さい声で話してください。
Compared to yours, my car is small.
君の車と比べれば、ぼくの車は小さい。
Australia is smaller than South America.
オーストラリアは南アメリカより小さい。
Children learn to respond to rhythmical sounds from a very young age.
子供はごく小さいときからリズミカルな音に反応することを身に付けていく。
Since he can read such tiny print, he is far from being near-sighted.
彼はあんな小さい字が読めるのだから近視どころではない。
Do you have a smaller size?
もっと小さいサイズがありますか。
The town in which I live is rather small.
私の住んでいる町は割と小さいです。
If one can say that a tiger is a big cat, one can also say that a cat is a small tiger.
虎は大きい猫だということができるならば、猫は小さい虎だということもできるでしょう。
Do you have smaller sizes?
もっと小さいサイズのはありますか?
The women's college had a very small car park, and as several of the teachers and students, and many of the student's boyfriends, had cars, it was often difficult to find a place to park.
All the other little rabbits came out to see how happy they both were, and they danced in a wedding circle around the little black rabbit and little white rabbit.