少なからず
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 少 |
| すく Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) すくなからず [s
ùkúnákáꜜràzù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2][3] - (Tokyo) すくなからず [s
ùkúnákáráꜜzù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][3] - IPA(key): [sɨ̥kɯ̟na̠ka̠ɾa̠zɨ]
Adverb
少なからず • (sukunakarazu)
- (litotes) quite; rather; considerably
- 少なからず驚く ― sukunakarazu odoroku ― to be quite surprised
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN