► 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:
- この手の商売は儲けが少ない ⇨ This kind of business doesn’t generate much profit
- 日本では車庫のある家は少ない ⇨ There are not many houses with garages in Japan
- 今年は例年に比べて降水量が少ない ⇨ There has been less rainfall this year compared with the average
- 日本は凶悪犯罪が少ない ⇨ The number of violent crimes is low in Japan
- 燃料が残り少ない ⇨ There is not much fuel left
- この辺には一軒家は少ない ⇨ There aren’t many single-family detached houses around here
- この街は緑が少ない ⇨ This town doesn’t have much green, vegetations
- 日本では家全体を暖房することは少ない ⇨ It is not common to heat the entire house in Japan
- 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
- 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
- この手の仕事は上がりが少ない ⇨ This kind of work won’t make much money
- 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
- 時間の拘束が少ない仕事 ⇨ A job with low time constraint
- この辺には一戸建ては少ない ⇨ There aren’t many single-family detached houses around here
- 人通りの少ない道 ⇨ A street there isn’t much foot traffic