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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 少ない - few, little - sukunai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少ない

    Reading

    すくない
    sukunai

    Meaning

    is few

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくない

    Reading

    すくなくない
    sukunakunai

    Meaning

    is not few

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    少ないです

    Reading

    すくないです
    sukunaidesu

    Meaning

    is few

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくありません

    Reading

    すくなくありません
    sukunakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not few

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少なかった

    Reading

    すくなかった
    sukunakatta

    Meaning

    was few

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくなかった

    Reading

    すくなくなかった
    sukunakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not few

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    少なかったです

    Reading

    すくなかったです
    sukunakattadesu

    Meaning

    was few

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくありませんでした

    Reading

    すくなくありませんでした
    sukunakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not few

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少なくて

    Reading

    すくなくて
    sukunakute

    Meaning

    is few, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくなくて

    Reading

    すくなくなくて
    sukunakunakute

    Meaning

    is not few, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少ないだろう

    Reading

    すくないだろう
    sukunaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be few

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくないだろう

    Reading

    すくなくないだろう
    sukunakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be few

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    少ないでしょう

    Reading

    すくないでしょう
    sukunaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be few

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくないでしょう

    Reading

    すくなくないでしょう
    sukunakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be few

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少なく

    Reading

    すくなく
    sukunaku

    Meaning

    in a few way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少なければ

    Reading

    すくなければ
    sukunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is few

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくなければ

    Reading

    すくなくなければ
    sukunakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not few

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少なかったら

    Reading

    すくなかったら
    sukunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was few

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    少なくなかったら

    Reading

    すくなくなかったら
    sukunakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not few

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    少なさ

    Reading

    すくなさ
    sukunasa

    Meaning

    few-ness (or the quality of being few)

Word Detail

    word

    少ない

    Meaning

    Few, Little

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    少

    Meaning

    Few

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