こころばかり

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
心許り
心ばかり

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ころばかり [kòkóróbáꜜkàrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ko̞ɾo̞ba̠ka̠ɾʲi]

Noun edit

こころばかり (kokorobakariこころばかり (kokorobakari)?

  1. (humble) token of one's gratitude (used in describing presents that one is giving to someone else, etc.)
    ほんの(こころ)ばかりですが
    hon no kokorobakari desuga
    although it is a mere token of one's gratitude

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN