少ない

すくない
a few

Reading

Readingすくない
N5 VocabJLPT N5adj-i
Kanji少

Meanings

  1. a few
  1. fewadj-i
  2. little
  3. small (amount)
  4. low
  5. scarce
  6. insufficient
  7. seldom
  8. rare

Synonyms

少数

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

交代で出場しても残り時間が少なく持ち味が出せない
こうたいでしゅつじょうしてものこりじかんがすくなくもちあじがだせないEven with a substitution, there's so little time left we can't show our best
店に入ると客は少なくすぐに料理が出てきた
みせにはいるときゃくはすくなくすぐにりょうりがでてきたWhen I entered the shop, there were few customers and the food came out quickly.
この入門書にもまたある統一、少なくともある究極的なものに対する指示がなければならぬ。
このにゅうもんしょにもまたあるとういつ、すくなくともあるきゅうきょくてきなものにたいするしじがなければならぬ。This introductory book must also have some direction toward a unity, at least toward something ultimate.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0