Illustration: At a Japanese kitchen counter, a parent tries to close a bento box that is slightly too full. Nearly everything fits, but one rounded piece of broccoli holds a single corner of the lid a small distance above the rim.

いささか

isasaka

somewhat, rather

Example sentences

それはいささか唐突とうとつだ。
That is rather unexpected.
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彼かれはいささか気難きむずかしい。
He is rather hard to please.
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勝利しょうりの報道ほうどうはいささか早はやまったということが判明はんめいした。
The report of victory turned out to be a little premature.
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