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僅か

わずか

slight, only a little

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Examples

  1. 僅かな差で負けた。

    わずかなさでまけた。

    We lost by a slight margin.

  2. 残った時間は僅かだ。

    のこったじかんはわずかだ。

    Only a little time is left.

  3. 僅か三日で仕事が終わった。

    わずかみっかでしごとがおわった。

    The work was finished in just three days.

  4. 参加者は僅かしか集まらなかった。

    さんかしゃはわずかしかあつまらなかった。

    Only a handful of participants turned up.

Common patterns

僅かな差
a slight difference
僅か〜だけ
only, as little as
僅かに残る
for only a little to remain

Memory tip

僅か adds a note of surprise that the amount is so small — 僅か三日 means "only three days, believe it or not". Plain 少し just reports a small amount, with no astonishment. It is usually written in kana as わずか.

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