僅かに (日本語能力試験 N2)

「僅かに」の情報

僅(わず)か is a な-Adjective in Japanese that is often used adverbially at the beginning of sentences in order to indicate an excessively small amount of something. 僅(わず)か itself may be translated as 'trifling', or 'meager', with the adverbial variant being interpreted as 'merely', 'barely', or 'slightly'.

As an adverb, 僅(わず)か will appear as 僅(わず)かに.

Due to 僅(わず)か highlighting an extremely small amount of something, it is often used when the speaker is trying to be modest in indicating that something is nothing more than a trifling amount, such as the difference between their and another's opinions.

Fun Fact

僅(わず)か may also be used simply as a noun without the case-marking particle に following it. In these cases, it will just mean ‘a meager thing’, ‘a trifle’, ‘an insignificance’, or any other such word that indicates something that is exceptionally small in size or number.

あの提案(ていあん)に賛成(さんせい)した議員(ぎいん)はほんの僅(わず)かだ。

Only a small number of assembly members agreed to that suggestion.
彼(かれ)に残(のこ)された時間(じかん)は残(のこ)り僅(わず)かだった。

He had very little time left.

同義語

たった(の)
Only, Just, No more than
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例文

そのグループの中(なか)から準決勝(じゅんけっしょう)に進出(しんしゅつ)する選手(せんしゅ)はわずかに４人(にん)です。
Only four players will advance to the semifinals from this group.
子供(こども)の頃(ころ)、この通(とお)りにそって歩(ある)いて行(い)くと、子供(こども)が遊(あそ)んでいるのが見(み)えたものだ。賑(にぎ)やかな街(まち)だった。
今(いま)ではわずかに会(あ)えるくらいだ。
During my childhood, when I went along this street I used to see children playing.
It used to be a lively town. Now, I barely see anyone.
LINUXのインタフェイスはWINDOWSのとわずかに異(こと)なる。
Linux's interface slightly differs from Windows'.
彼女(かのじょ)とはわずかに意見(いけん)が違(ちが)う。
(My) opinion differs slightly from her's.
似(に)ているけど、わずかに形(かたち)が違(ちが)うような気(き)がした。
They look similar, but I had a feeling that their shapes were slightly different.
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