► 接頭辞
少 [しょう] meaning: small rank: 1
☆ 少人数向けの会議室 ⇨ A meeting room suitable for a smaller group
☆ 少量の水を加えて下さい ⇨ Add a small amount of water
More examples:
- もう少しで忘れるところだった ⇨ I was almost at the point of forgetting about it. I almost forgot about it
- これ少しだけど、なんかの足しになればと思って ⇨ (When giving money to someone) This is not much, but I hope it helps a little
- 今年は例年に比べて雨が少ない ⇨ There is less rain this year compared with other, most, years
- 椅子をもう少し下げてくれる？ ⇨ Will you move your chair back a little?
- シチューを少し長目に煮込んだ ⇨ I cooked the stew a little longer (to soften the contents)
- 年少者の就業に関する法律 ⇨ The laws regarding employment of minors
- 少年雑誌 ⇨ Magazines for young boys
- 車は少し前進してまた止まった ⇨ The car moved forward a little and stopped again
- 滝は想像していたよりもずっと小ぢんまりとしていて少しがっかりした ⇨ I was a little disappointed since the waterfall was a lot smaller than I had imagined
- もう少し右に寄って！ ⇨ Move a little bit to the right!
- 少数は切り捨てます ⇨ We disregard the numbers below the decimal point
- 最近家族全員で食事することが少ない ⇨ We don’t eat together as a family very often recently
- 作業の完了まであと少しだ ⇨ It won’t take too long before the completion of the work
- 少し間を空けてまたやってみよう ⇨ Let’s have some cooling period and then try again
- 車が少し滑って一瞬ひやりとした ⇨ My car slid a little and gave me a momentary scare