零細

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 零細, read れいさい, means very small in scale, especially of a business.
• Basic usage: Use it for small family-run workshops or very small businesses.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Focus of the description
  • 小さい describes size broadly, while 零細 focuses mainly on the small scale or limited resources of a business.
• Connecting to nouns
  • The example 零細な工房 uses な to modify the noun.
  • In 零細事業者, it forms a compound with the following word.