Word details

ほんの少し

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word ほんの少し.

Dictionary

Entry

ほんの少しほんのすこしAdverbExpressionFreq #3340
1

just a little

Examples
私はほんの少しのところで飛行機に乗り遅れてしまった。
I missed the airplane by a minute.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

few, little

4 strokesFrequency 287JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショウ

Kun

すく.ないすこ.し

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