少し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少
すこ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *suku(na). Related to 少ない (すくない, sukunai). Possibly cognate with the ku part in 幾 (いく, iku).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すこし [sùkóꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [sɨ̥ᵝko̞ɕi]

Adverb

少(すこ)し • (sukoshi)

a little; slightly

Noun

少(すこ)し • (sukoshi)

a little; a few

Synonyms

(a little): ちょっと (chotto)

Descendants

→ English: skosh

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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