Meaning of 若干 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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若干, 幾許JLPT 1
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Kana Readingじゃっかん, そこばく, そくばく, そこば
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Romajijakkan, sokobaku, sokubaku, sokoba
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- some; few; a number of; a little (bit)
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
- Meaning
- somewhat; to a certain extent
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- Parts of speech
- nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- many; a lot
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Example Sentences
若干, 幾許, じゃっかん, そこばく, そくばく, そこば used in context
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好奇の視線と、若干の殺意のこもった視線・・・言うまでもなく居心地が悪いことこの上ない。
Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent...it goes without saying that I couldn't be more uncomfortable.
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He needs a few jokes to lighten up his talk.
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Several gardeners look after the azaleas in the park.
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我々のコンピューター・システムには最初若干のトラブルがあったが、今は全部解決されている。
Initially we had some problems with our computer system, but they've been sorted out now.
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過去６年間でＣＦＩＴは墜落事故の３分の１を若干越えるくらいの割合を占めているが、死亡件数の５３％の原因となっている。
Although CFIT accounted for just over a third of crashes in the past six years, it caused 53% of the deaths.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
how many, how much, how far, how long, some, several
On: キ
Kun: いく-, いく.つ, いく.ら
12 strokes
young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
On: ジャク, ニャク, ニャ
Kun: わか.い, わか-, も.しくわ, も.し, も.しくは, ごと.し
8 strokes
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