Illustration: At a neighborhood outdoor music event, a little-known duo performs on a modest platform while most pedestrians continue along the path behind it.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

マイナー

mainaa

little-known, minor

Example sentences

  1. マイナーな作家さっか

    obscure author

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. 江戸時代えどじだいには焼酎しょうちゅうの亜種あしゅとしてよく飲のまれていたが、現在げんざいでは一般いっぱんにはマイナーな存在そんざいである。

    Although it was drunk by many people in the Edo period as a subtype of shochu, today it has minor status.

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

  3. その曲きょくはマイナーだけど、友達ともだちの間あいだでは人気にんきがある。

    That song is little-known, but it’s popular among my friends.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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