- few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
adjective (keiyoushi)
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- few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
- insufficient
- seldom
This word is used to describe a small quantity or number of something, indicating that it is not enough.
It signifies that something does not meet a certain requirement or need, suggesting a deficiency.
This term can be used to indicate that something happens infrequently or rarely.
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In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
I think there are probably few Japanese who know this side of the Emperor Meiji, the side that left a song like this.
About today's packed-lunch, the menus prepared by Itsuki and Tanaka are low in beta-carotene-rich vegetables again aren't they?
Who are you calling sweet-n-sour?! At the very least I certainly don't remember being sweet!
There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.
Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
Wood is a disappearing resource in much of Africa, and these stoves burn far less wood than the stoves currently in much use.