Frequency rank: 17,058. – 17,123.
- handful
- small amount; small number
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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1. にほんご日本語のむずかしさが、ひとにぎり一握りのがいこくじん外国人をのぞいて除いてすべてのがいこくじん外国人が、げんご原語でにっぽんぶんがく日本文学にちかづく近づくのをさまたげている妨げている。
The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.
The boy gathered a handful of peanuts and put them in a small box.
Only a handful of activists are articulate in our union.
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