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少なからぬ【すくなからぬsukunakaranu】 Inflection

pre-noun adjectival:

彼kareにはniha少なからぬsukunakaranu経験keikenがgaあるaru。 He has not a little experience.

ちょうchou

adverb:

  • just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect
へたうまhetauma《下手上手》ヘタウマHETAUMA Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • at first glance poor, but on closer examination not too bad; crude but charming (of artwork, etc.); poorly made but captivating
門徒物知らず【もんとものしらずmontomonoshirazu】

noun:

  • ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term
JLPTN1
若干★【じゃっかんjakkan・そこばくsokobaku・そくばくsokubaku・そこばsokobaobs.】幾許【そこばくsokobaku・そくばくsokubaku】

noun / ~の noun:

  • some; few; a number of; a little (bit)

adverbial noun:

  • somewhat; to a certain extent

~の noun / adverbial noun / noun:

  • many; a lot ［そこばく・そくばく・そこば］ - archaism

公園kouenのnoつつじtsutsujiのno世話sewaをwoするsuru庭師niwashiがga若干jakkan名meiいるiru。 Several gardeners look after the azaleas in the park.

伸び悩む☆【のびなやむnobinayamu】 Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
どんぐりの背比べ【どんぐりのせいくらべdongurinoseikurabe】ドングリの背比べ【ドングリのせいくらべDONGURInoseikurabe】団栗の背比べ【どんぐりのせいくらべdongurinoseikurabe】

expression / noun:

  • having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns [literal] - idiom
スカラップボンネットヘッドSUKARAPPUBONNETTOHEDDO・スカラップ・ボンネットヘッドSUKARAPPU/BONNETTOHEDDO

noun:

  • scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)
少許【しょうきょshoukyo】

noun:

  • a little; a few; a bit; a touch; a smidge
小三元【しょうさんげんshousangen】

noun:

  • little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term
もうちょっとしたらmouchottoshitara

expression:

  • in a little while; in a bit
これっぽちkoreppochi《此れっぽち》

~の noun:

  • only this much; only this little - colloquialism
それっぽっちsoreppotchi

~の noun:

  • so little; so few; so trifling; so small
ひめつばめちどりhimetsubamechidori《姫燕千鳥》ヒメツバメチドリHIMETSUBAMECHIDORI

noun:

  • small pratincole (Glareola lactea); little pratincole; small Indian pratincole
墨付け正月【すみつけしょうがつsumitsukeshougatsu】

noun:

  • event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region ➜ 小正月
管を以て天を窺う【くだをもっててんをうかがうkudawomottetenwoukagau】

expression:

  • to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】
小正月【こしょうがつkoshougatsu】

noun:

  • Little New Year (festival held on January 15th); 14th-16th days of the first month of the year; Koshogatsu
こきくがしらこうもりkokikugashirakoumori《小菊頭蝙蝠》コキクガシラコウモリKOKIKUGASHIRAKOUMORI

noun:

  • little Japanese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus cornutus); Japanese lesser horseshoe bat
JLPTN3
どうしてもdoushitemo☆《如何しても》

expression / adverb:

  • by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
  • whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
  • on no account; by no means - with. neg. verb
  • in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually

彼女kanojoはhaどうしてもdoushitemo自分jibunのno思い通りomoidooriにniしようとするshiyoutosuru。 She will have her own way.

残念zannenですがdesuga、あなたanataのno名前namaeをwoどうしてもdoushitemo覚えられないoboerarenai。 I'm sorry to say I don't remember your name.

そのsono計画keikakuをwo成功seikouさせるsaseruためにtameniはha君のkimino援助enjoがgaどうしてもdoushitemo必要hitsuyouだda。 Your help is indispensable for the success of the scheme.

小四喜【シャオスーシーSHAOSUUSHII・しょうスーシーshouSUUSHII】

noun:

  • little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese
出ず入らず【でずいらずdezuirazu】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • neither gain nor loss; neither too much nor too little
毛ほど【けほどkehodo】毛程

expression / ~の noun:

JLPTN1
晴天☆【せいてんseiten・せいでんseidenobs.】

noun:

  • fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

雨天utenのno後nochiにはniha晴天seitenがga来るkuru。 After rain comes fair weather.

穴場☆【あなばanaba】

noun:

  • little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept-secret place; hole-in-the-wall

このkono温泉onsenはha穴場anabaだdaねne。 This hot spring is a great find.

少し間をおいて【すこしあいだをおいてsukoshiaidawooite・すこしまをおいてsukoshimawooite】少し間を置いて

expression:

  • after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
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