らず【すんたらず】

    nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  1. a little too short
  2. slightly worse; a bit inferior
Forms
  • らず【すんたらず】
  • すんたらず
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. a little too short
    2. This refers to something being physically shorter than what is considered typical or necessary.
    These pants are a little too short, so I have to buy new ones right away.
    His height is a little too short, so he is looking for special shoes.
  2. slightly worse; a bit inferior
    3. This meaning pertains to something being of lesser quality or not as good as something else.
    His grades were slightly worse than last year.
    This new model has performance that is a bit inferior to the previous model.
Generated collocations (experimental)
a bit short clothinga height that is slightly too shorta size that is a little too shortto feel a little inadequatean insufficient responsea somewhat inferior resulta performance that's slightly worseto finish with a bit of a shortfalla slightly too small caran inferior level
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