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小柄 (kogara)

short (build)

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

小柄 (こがら, kogara) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “short (build)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 6

その時とき、せかせかした小柄こがらな男おとこが鼻はなを詰つまらせ耳みみをすっかり凍こごえさせ、ドアを押おして入はいってきた。

Then a bustling little man with a snuffling nose and very cold ears pushed in the door.

彼は分厚いめがねをかけた小柄な老人だった。

He was a little old man with thick glasses.

彼らはその少女は小柄だと言った。

They described the girl as being small.

トムは年齢の割に小柄でした。

Tom was small for his age.

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