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小型 [ichi1,news1,nf05] ； 小形
【 こがた [ichi1,news1,nf05] 】
1. [adj-no,n]
《esp. 小型》
▶ small-sized
▶ small-scale
▶ miniature
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1413530 大型 1. large; large-sized; large-scale; big
2. [adj-no,n]
《esp. 小形》
▶ small
▶ little
▶ tiny



History:
5. A 2022-06-24 09:40:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
All the example sentences are for 小型.
4. A* 2022-06-23 00:03:43  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Shinmeikai 7e, oukoku 11e, and meikyo all split 小型 and 小形. Daijr/s also emphasize their differences.

The nuance seems to be that 小型 describes things that are comparatively small within their category, while 小形 describes things that are small in general.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
| 小型　 | 4,877,967 | 98.4% |
| 小形　 |    76,950 |  1.6% |
| こがた |     6,626 |  N/A  |
  Comments: 
How's this?
  Diff: 
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<gloss>small</gloss>
+<s_inf>esp. 小型</s_inf>
@@ -26,0 +27,8 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<s_inf>esp. 小形</s_inf>
+<gloss>small</gloss>
+<gloss>little</gloss>
+<gloss>tiny</gloss>
3. A 2017-06-30 17:06:59  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijr/s, googits, gg5
  Comments: 
Not [adj-na].
  Diff: 
@@ -20 +20 @@
-<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -22 +21,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -24,2 +23,4 @@
-<gloss>small size</gloss>
-<gloss>tiny</gloss>
+<gloss>small</gloss>
+<gloss>small-sized</gloss>
+<gloss>small-scale</gloss>
+<gloss>miniature</gloss>
2. A 2011-05-18 23:58:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2011-05-18 16:02:07  Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Contrasting term
  Diff: 
@@ -23,0 +23,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1413530">大型</xref>

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