少し
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term |
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少 |
すこ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 少ない (sukunai). Possibly cognate with the ku part in 幾 (iku).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
Noun edit
Synonyms edit
- (a little): ちょっと (chotto)
Descendants edit
- → English: skosh
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN