Meaning of 僅か in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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僅か, 纔かJLPT 3
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Kana Readingわずか
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Romajiwazuka
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- only; merely; (a) little; small quantity
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Example Sentences
僅か, 纔か, わずか used in context
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He took a slight hint as the start and found the correct answer.
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There is little, if any, difference between the two.
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There is little, if any, difference between the two.
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The land could just be discerned through the mist.
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放課後だったので、運動場にはほんのわずかな生徒しかいなかった。
School being over, there were only a small number of pupils in the playground.
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父のわずかの蔵書は主に論争神学の本から成り立っていたが、その大半を読んでいた。
My father's little library consisted chiefly of books on polemic divinity, most of which I read.
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