Word details

少ない

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 少ない.

Dictionary

Entry

少ないすくない尠い寡い~い Adj.Freq #393
1

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare

Examples
この病気に勝てる人は少ない。
Not many survive this disease.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

少

few, little

4 strokesFrequency 287JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショウ

Kun

すく.ないすこ.し
尠

at least, not a little

13 strokes

On

センセウ

Kun

すくな.い
寡

widow, minority, few

14 strokesFrequency 2,035JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カ

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