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Learn Hardcore Japanese: sukunai - little

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 10
/sukunai

sukunai

Word

少すくないsukunai

Meaning

little

Part of speech

i-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of sukunai

雑音ざつおん　が　少すくない　夜よる　は　楽器がっき　の　音おと　が　聞きこえやすい。zatsuon ga sukunai yoru wa gakki no oto ga kikoeyasui.

On nights with little noise, the sound of instruments is easy to hear.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

姉あね　は　救急箱きゅうきゅうばこ　の　中なか　の　消毒液しょうどくえき　が　少すくないこと　に　気きづきました。ane wa kyuukyuubako no naka no shoudokueki ga sukunaikoto ni kizukimashita.

My older sister noticed that there wasn’t much disinfectant left in the first-aid kit.

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