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JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

数かず少すくない

kazusukunai

few in number

Example sentences

  1. わたしたちはみな、人生じんせいにおいて成功せいこうを収おさめようとするが、成功せいこうするのは、きわめて数少かずすくない人ひとたちである。

    We all try hard to make the grade in life, but only a few succeed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ほぼ住宅じゅうたくのみの並ならぶ通とおりで、商店しょうてんも数少かずすくない。

    Residences mainly line Tonodan-dori Street with a few stores as well.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 近畿地方きんきちほうに残のこる数少かずすくない大規模天然林だいきぼてんねんりんである。

    It is one of the few large scale natural forests still remaining in the Kinki region.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 数少

  • 数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば
  • 少few; littleOnショウKunすくない・すこし

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