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VocabJLPT N5
few
い-Adjective

Definitions

  1. 1. few
  2. 2. little
An i-adjective meaning there is not much of something, or that a quantity is small. It is the opposite of "many/a lot" and is used to describe things like time, money, or people being in short supply.

Example sentences

Initial · simple i+1

There's little time.

Sentence 1

"Not many customers today," Yamada said.

Sentence 2

I don't have much work today, so I'll finish up early.

Sentence 3

When she goes quiet, I start wondering if she's mad.

Sentence 4

He was bothered by not having many friends.

Sentence 5

Huh, hardly anyone's here.