"少なからぬ" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝna̠ka̠ɾa̠nɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 少なからぬ [canonical] (ruby: (すく)), sukunakaranu [romanization]
Etymology: The attributive form of 少(すく)なからず (sukunakarazu), the negative form of classical adjective 少(すく)なし (sukunashi), of which the modern form is 少(すく)ない (sukunai, “not many, few, little”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|少なからず|すくなからず}} 少(すく)なからず (sukunakarazu), {{ja-r|少なし|すくなし}} 少(すく)なし (sukunashi), {{ja-r|少ない|すくない|not many, few, little}} 少(すく)ない (sukunai, “not many, few, little”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|すくなからぬ}} 少(すく)なからぬ • (sukunakaranu)
  1. quite a few; a considerable amount
    Sense id: en-少なからぬ-ja-adv-KRpeSMo~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 90 10
  2. very few
    Sense id: en-少なからぬ-ja-adv-ZiQvdGXT

Download JSON data for 少なからぬ meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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