少なからぬ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
少
すく
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

The attributive form of 少(すく)なからず (sukunakarazu), the negative form of classical adjective 少(すく)なし (sukunashi), of which the modern form is 少(すく)ない (sukunai, “not many, few, little”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すくなから​ぬ [sùkúnákáráꜜnù] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝna̠ka̠ɾa̠nɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

少(すく)なからぬ • (sukunakaranu) 

  1. quite a few; a considerable amount
  2. very few
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