Lingakuわずか
Frequency rank: 3,575. (for form 僅か: 2,656.)
- (a) little; (a) few; slight; small (amount); trifling; meagre; meagerword usually written using kana alone
- only; just; merelyword usually written using kana alone
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- little; few; slight; small (amount); trifling; meagre; meager
- only; just; merely
This meaning indicates a small quantity or degree of something. It's often used to emphasize the insignificance of an amount.
This usage implies exclusivity or limitation, indicating that something is not more than what is stated.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- すうりょう数量やていど程度がひじょうに非常にちいさい小さいこと．.
- ほてるホテルとうみ海とのあいだ間には、まずはば幅のあるほそうどうろ舗装道路があり、それからかいがん海岸こうえん公園のわずかばかりのりょくちたい緑地帯がある．.きごう（やまかわ山川まさお方夫きごう「ひとりぼっち一人ぼっちのぷれぜんとプレゼントきごう」きごう）
- きごう（おおく多くすうりょう数量ひょうげん表現のちょくぜん直前におかれてきごう）すうりょう数量がひじょうに非常にちいさい小さいさま．.わずかに．.たった．.
- じぶん自分はわずかいちねん一年のみじかい短いあいだ間ではあったが、かなりふかく深くせんせい先生のけんきゅう研究とせいかつ生活とをみる見ることのできた出来たことをこうふく幸福だったとおもっている思っている．.きごう（なかたに中谷うきちろう宇吉郎きごう「りちゃあどそんリチャードソンきごう」きごう）
- すうりょう数量やていど程度がひじょうに非常にちいさい小さいさま．.
- きごう（きごう「わずかにきごう」のかたち形できごう）かろうじて．.
Example sentences
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Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
He took a slight hint as the start and found the correct answer.
There is little, if any, difference between the two.
My father's little library consisted chiefly of books on polemic divinity, most of which I read.
Poor as she was, she gave him what little money she had.
She tried hard in vain to make both ends meet on a small salary.
They came from all over the world to make their homes in this new land, which was thinly populated by native Indians.
He showed his agreement by a sight inclination of his head.