Illustration: At a Japanese family dinner table, a child cautiously accepts a dab of mustard on the very edge of a piece of simmered daikon. The parent uses the tip of a small spoon to leave an almost comically tiny speck, while a much larger portion remains in the condiment dish.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ちょっぴり

choppiri

a tiny bit

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはちょっぴり悲かなしい。

    I am a trifle sad.

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  2. ちょっぴり退屈たいくつだ。

    I’m just a little bored.

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  3. 制服せいふくだって、いつも着きているのより糊のりがきき過すぎていて、ちょっぴり違和感いわかんすら覚おぼえてしまいます。

    Even my uniform is feeling a little uncomfortable, being starched more than the one I usually wear.

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