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{
"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"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "少し",
"tr": "sukoshi"
},
"expansion": "少し (sukoshi)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "幾",
"tr": "iku"
},
"expansion": "幾 (iku)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"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",
"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"
},
{
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],
"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。"
},
{
"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。"
}
],
"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": "[sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝna̠i]"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "ojp",
"3": "-",
"sort": "すくない"
},
"expansion": "Old Japanese",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "少し",
"tr": "sukoshi"
},
"expansion": "少し (sukoshi)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "幾",
"tr": "iku"
},
"expansion": "幾 (iku)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"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",
"senses": [
{
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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 IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
"Japanese い-i adjectives"
],
"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。"
},
{
"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。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"not many, few, little"
],
"links": [
[
"few",
"few"
],
[
"little",
"little"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "すくない"
},
{
"ipa": "[sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝna̠i]"
}
],
"word": "少ない"
}
{
"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": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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