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わずか
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Usually written in kana
1. a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin)
Adverb
Usually written in kana
2. only; just; merely; no more than
Alt. forms
わずか
61%
僅わずか
38%
纔わずか
Pitch accent
わ
ずか
Top 1400
Used in: 3621
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
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Examples (30 in total)
The ball curved slightly.
Only a few people didn't go there.
Tom seems to be having a little difficulty.
He was arrested based on little evidence.
Only 40 percent of students go on to university.
Winter vacation is just around the corner.
He had no more than 10,000 yen.
The river bends slightly to the right here.
At best we can only hope for a small profit.
The tower leaned slightly to the left.
It is no more than half a mile to the sea.
We had a slight difference of opinion.
He has no more than one hundred books.
Ken has no more than ten books.
I missed the train by only one minute.
She wrote the book with very little effort.
I only have 100 yen on me.
His house is within a short walk of the station.
Only a few people know how to do that.
What little money he earned he spent on books.
I manage to get along on a small salary.
His family has to live on his small income.
There were no more than five passengers in the bus.
The diameter of the hole was slightly larger.
It was difficult to live on his meager earnings.
He saved all of what little money he earned.
The slightest mistake may lead to a fatal disaster.
San Francisco is only one-tenth as populous as New York.
Only six people came to the party.
It's only ten minutes' walk from here.