- 詳細【しょうさい】 - details, particulars, specifics, detailed, specific, minute, close-up view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-in view 
- 細胞【さいぼう】 - cell, cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party) 
- 細かい【こまかい】 - small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy 
- 細い【ほそい】 - thin, slender, fine, unlucky 
- 繊細【せんさい】 - dainty, delicate (e.g. fingers), fine, slim, sensitive, delicate (feelings, sense, etc.), subtle 
- 細い【こまい】 - small, fine, minute, stingy, cheap 
- 細工【さいく】 - work, workmanship, craftsmanship, handiwork, artifice, trick, device, tampering, doctoring 
- 細菌【さいきん】 - bacterium, bacteria, germ 
- 明細【めいさい】 - details, particulars, specifics, detailed, minute, detailed statement 
- 細部【さいぶ】 - details, particulars 
- 細やか【ささやか】 - small, little, tiny, insignificant, humble, modest, meagre, meager 
- 細長い【ほそながい】 - long and narrow 
- 細かく【こまかく】 - minutely, finely 
- 心細い【こころぼそい】 - helpless, forlorn, hopeless, unpromising, lonely, discouraging, disheartening 
- 細か【こまか】 - small, fine, detailed, stingy 
- 細る【ほそる】 - to get thin, to taper off 
- 零細【れいさい】 - insignificant, trifling, paltry, cottage (industry), tiny (company) 
- 細分【さいぶん】 - subdivision (into small parts) 
- 細心【さいしん】 - meticulous, careful, discreet, scrupulous, prudent 
- 細目【さいもく】 - particulars, details, specified items