► 形容詞
少ない [(3)すくない] meaning: few rank: 1
☆ この地方は雨が少ない ⇨ It doesn’t rain much in this region
☆ 日本では顎髭を伸ばす人は少ない ⇨ Fewer people grow beard in Japan
☆ 日本は天然資源が少ない ⇨ Japan has few natural resources
More examples:
- 燃料が残り少ない ⇨ There is not much fuel left
- この辺には一戸建ては少ない ⇨ There aren’t many single-family detached houses around here
- 彼女はモデルから女優への転向に成功した数少ない例だ ⇨ She is one of the few examples of successful career change from a model to an actress
- 彼は遺産の取り分が少ないと不満に感じている ⇨ He feels unhappy that his share of the inheritance is too small
- 時間の拘束が少ない仕事 ⇨ A job with low time constraint
- 日本は二重国籍を認めない数少ない先進国の一つだ ⇨ Japan is one of the few developed countries that doesn’t allow dual citizenship
- 人通りの少ない道 ⇨ A street there isn’t much foot traffic
- 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
- 最近は褌をしている人は少ない ⇨ Few people wear loincloths these days
- 日本は凶悪犯罪が少ない ⇨ The number of violent crimes is low in Japan
- 最近は警察官のなり手が少ない ⇨ Nowadays few people wants to be a police officer
- この手の仕事は上がりが少ない ⇨ This kind of work won’t make much money
- 日本では車庫のある家は少ない ⇨ There are not many houses with garages in Japan
- 日本では揉み上げを伸ばしている人は少ない ⇨ There aren’t many people who grow sideburns in Japan
- 彼は分け前が少ないと感じた ⇨ He felt his share is too small, he is not getting the share he deserves