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nounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

something small, something petty, trifle

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Example sentences

些事さじにこだわっていては、おおきな目標もくひょう見失みうしなってしまう。

If you get caught up in trifles, you will lose sight of your bigger goals.

彼女かのじょ些事さじにしないおおらかな性格せいかくだ。

She has an easygoing personality that doesn't worry about petty things.

会議かいぎでは些事さじ時間じかんついややさず、本質的ほんしつてき議論ぎろん集中しゅうちゅうすべきだ。

In meetings, we should not waste time on trivial matters but focus on substantive discussion.

そんな些事さじ部下ぶか叱責しっせきする上司じょうしは、周囲しゅういからの信頼しんらいうしないやすい。

A superior who reprimands subordinates over such trifles tends to lose the trust of those around them.

人生じんせいわりにさいして、かつてなやんでいたことのおおくが些事さじぎなかったとづくひとおおい。

At the end of one's life, many people realize that most of what they once worried about was nothing more than trivial matters.