Illustration: At a low table in a modest apartment, a young adult carefully gathers three small coins into a cupped palm. An open coin purse lies fully spread beside an empty glass savings jar, and an inside-out jacket pocket hangs over the chair.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

なけなし

nakenashi

what little one has

Usually describes money or savings. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは持もっている無なけ無なしのお金かねを私わたしにくれた。

    He gave me what little money he had.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 無なけなしの金きんをはたいてしまった。

    I spent what little money I had.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 旅行りょこうには行いきたいが、なけなしの貯金ちょきんは残のこしておきたい。

    I’d like to travel, but I want to keep what little savings I have.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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