Breakdown of chiisai setai ni shite wa, shinseisho ga ooi.
小さいchiisai
small
がga
subject particle
多いooi
many
に して はni shite wa
considering; for
Questions & Answers about chiisai setai ni shite wa, shinseisho ga ooi.
What does 世帯 mean here? Is it the same as family?
Not exactly. 世帯 means household: the people living together as one unit.
That can be a family, but it is a more official/statistical word than 家族.
So in this sentence, 小さい世帯 means a small household, usually meaning a household with few members.
Why is 小さい used with 世帯? Does it mean physically small?
Here, 小さい does not usually mean physically small in size.
With 世帯, it often means the household is small in scale, especially that it has few people. So:
- 小さい世帯 = a small household
- often understood as = a household with a small number of members
Japanese often allows this kind of shorthand when the meaning is clear from context.
What does にしては mean in this sentence?
