vocab dash
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わずか
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Meanings
Na-adjective
No-adjective
1. a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin) (Usually kana)
Adverb
2. only; just; merely; no more than (Usually kana)
Other spellings
僅わずか
Kanji in other spellings
僅trifle
Pitch accent
わずか
Used in vocabulary
人じん生せい僅わずか五ご十じゅう年ねん
life is short; life is just fifty years
Expression
わずかに
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just; merely
Adverb
ごくわずか
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
Expression
わずかしか
(nothing) but a little
Expression
残のこりわずか
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
Expression
Examples70
I have no more than 1,000 yen with me.
The summer vacation is only a week away.
The slightest mistake may lead to a fatal disaster.
I can't get by on such a small income.
There were but few who did not go there.
A man's life is but three score years and ten.