ひとにぎり
Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
1. a handful (of)
2. small amount (of); small number (of)
Noun
3. trouncing; crushing; putting down (with ease) (as 〜にする)
Other spellings
一握り
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
ひとにぎり
ひとにぎり
Examples5
ほんの
Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.
少年
The boy gathered a handful of peanuts and put them in a small box.
我々
Only a handful of activists in our union are getting on our backs.
近所
There are a handful of naughty boys in my neighborhood.
日本語
The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.