ほんのわずか
Frequency rank: 15,171. – 15,218. (for form ほんの僅か: 11,967. – 11,993.)
- small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bitword usually written using kana alone
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Forms
- ほんのわずかFrequency rank: 15,171. – 15,218.
- ほんの僅か【ほんのわずか】Frequency rank: 11,967. – 11,993.
Example sentences
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School being over, there were only a small number of pupils in the playground.
At first only a few people protested, but now they're all coming out of the woodwork.