小人

dwarf, little person

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noun Rare #23,070
dwarf, little person Often refers to a small, humanlike being in stories.
JA: 絵本に小人が出てくる。
EN: There’s a dwarf in the picture book.

私が昔小人を見たというのは―本当だったんですよ!

It’s true—I really did see a little person once, a long time ago!

— Arrietty (2010)

父の言ったとおり本当に小人が住んでいたのね

So there really were little people living there, just like Dad said.

— Arrietty (2010)

それが答えなんです「白雪姫と七人の小人」

That’s the answer: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

— ライフ・イズ・ビューティフル (1997)

父はこの家で小人を見たんだって

Dad says he saw a little person in this house.

— Arrietty (2010)

小人は本当にいるのよー!

Little people really do exist!

— Arrietty (2010)

この家には―もう小人はいないのかもしれないわね

Maybe there aren’t any little people in this house anymore.

— Arrietty (2010)

本当はねぇ小人がいるのよ

Actually, there are little people, you know.

— Arrietty (2010)

小人?

A dwarf?

— Arrietty (2010)

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