Results, very few
- 彼女はいつも少数の生徒をえこひいきしていて、そのくせ他の生徒には厳しい。
- She is always playing favorites with a few students but very strict with everyone else.
- 少数民族や女性の雇用促進政策とはいっても、建前にすぎず、現状はマイノリティーが職に就けるチャンスなどほとんどない。
- Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.
- たくさんの本が出版されているが、そのうち読むに値するものは非常に少ない。
- Many a book is published, but of them only a very few are worth reading.
Words
- 鮮少【せんしょう】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- very little; quite few
- ほとんどない《殆どない》
expression:
- almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little
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