See 少ない on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "ōi",
"ruby": [
[
"多",
"おお"
]
],
"word": "多い"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-",
"sort": "すくない"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 少し (sukoshi). Possibly cognate with the ku part in 幾 (iku).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "少ない",
"ruby": [
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "少なく",
"roman": "sukunaku",
"ruby": [
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "少なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "少ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "すくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "少ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "少なけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少ないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "すくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "少なければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "少なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "少なさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "すくない",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "少(すく)ない • (sukunai) -i (adverbial 少(すく)なく (sukunaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "すくな",
"lemma": "少な",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
"parents": [
"Links with manual fragments",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "sukunakaranu",
"ruby": [
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"word": "少なからぬ"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There are few people here.",
"roman": "Koko wa, hito ga sukunai.",
"ruby": [
[
"人",
"ひと"
],
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"text": "ここは、人が少ない。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It snows little this year.",
"roman": "Kotoshi wa, yuki ga sukunai.",
"ruby": [
[
"今",
"こ"
],
[
"年",
"とし"
],
[
"雪",
"ゆき"
],
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"text": "今年は、雪が少ない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"not many, few, little"
],
"id": "en-少ない-ja-adj-M9Ui-oYL",
"links": [
[
"few",
"few"
],
[
"little",
"little"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "すくない"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɨ̥kɯ̟na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "少ない"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "ōi",
"ruby": [
[
"多",
"おお"
]
],
"word": "多い"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "sukunakaranu",
"ruby": [
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"word": "少なからぬ"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-",
"sort": "すくない"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 少し (sukoshi). Possibly cognate with the ku part in 幾 (iku).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "少ない",
"ruby": [
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "少なく",
"roman": "sukunaku",
"ruby": [
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-i",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakaro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
]
},
{
"form": "少なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative"
]
},
{
"form": "少ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "すくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "少ない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"form": "少なけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなけれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakare",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少ないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "すくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなくて",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "少なければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "少なかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunakarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "少なく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなく",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunaku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "少なさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "すくなさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "sukunasa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "すくない",
"infl": "i"
},
"expansion": "少(すく)ない • (sukunai) -i (adverbial 少(すく)なく (sukunaku))",
"name": "ja-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"adverbial": "く",
"attributive": "い",
"conditional": "ければ",
"conjunctive": "くて",
"continuative": "く",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": "い です",
"formal_negative": "く ない です",
"formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
"formal_past": "かった です",
"hypothetical": "けれ",
"imperative": "かれ",
"imperfective": "かろ",
"informal_negative": "く ない",
"informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
"informal_past": "かった",
"kana": "すくな",
"lemma": "少な",
"provisional": "かったら",
"terminal": "い",
"volitional": "かろう"
},
"name": "ja-adj-infl"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese lemmas",
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"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Japanese い-i adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There are few people here.",
"roman": "Koko wa, hito ga sukunai.",
"ruby": [
[
"人",
"ひと"
],
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"text": "ここは、人が少ない。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It snows little this year.",
"roman": "Kotoshi wa, yuki ga sukunai.",
"ruby": [
[
"今",
"こ"
],
[
"年",
"とし"
],
[
"雪",
"ゆき"
],
[
"少",
"すく"
]
],
"text": "今年は、雪が少ない。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"not many, few, little"
],
"links": [
[
"few",
"few"
],
[
"little",
"little"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "すくない"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɨ̥kɯ̟na̠i]"
}
],
"word": "少ない"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 少ない meaning in All languages combined (7.5kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"少ない"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "少ない",
"trace": ""
}
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