Illustration: At a neighborhood gardening club's worktable, a volunteer places a small handful of spare seedlings into a broad shallow tray for a late-arriving member. Most of the tray remains empty, and the seedlings form a loose little cluster rather than a carefully counted row.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

若じゃっ干かん

jakkan

some, a few

Example sentences

  1. 公園こうえんのつつじの世話せわをする庭師にわしが若干じゃっかん名めいいる。

    Several gardeners look after the azaleas in the park.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 我々われわれのコンピューター・システムには最初さいしょ若干じゃっかんのトラブルがあったが、今いまは全部解決ぜんぶかいけつされている。

    Initially we had some problems with our computer system, but they’ve been sorted out now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 好奇こうきの視線しせんと、若干じゃっかんの殺意さついのこもった視線しせん・・・言いうまでもなく居心地いごこちが悪わるいことこの上うえない。

    Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent...it goes without saying that I couldn’t be more uncomfortable.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 若干

  • 若young; ifOnジャク・ニャク・ニャKunわかい・わか-・もしくわ
  • 干dry; parchOnカンKunほす・ほし-・ひる

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