Illustration: At a kitchen counter, a cook tips the last rice from a storage container into a broad mixing bowl. Only a shallow spoonful has collected at the bottom, leaving almost the entire bowl empty. The cook peers into the overturned container while a partner holds an oversized rice paddle ready to stir.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

少しょう量りょう

shouryou

small amount

Example sentences

彼かれは少量しょうりょうの塩しおをゆで卵たまごにふりかけた。
He put a touch of salt on a boiled egg.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
塩しおを少量しょうりょう加くわえた物ものもある。
Some also contain a dash of salt.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
味あじも付つけないことが多おおいが、少量しょうりょうの塩しおを加くわえる場合ばあいがある。
It is common for no seasoning to be used but sometimes a small amount of salt is added.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 少量

少few; littleOnショウKunすくない・すこし
量quantity; measureOnリョウKunはかる

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