少数
しょうすう
small number; few; minority
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Adverb, No-adjective
small number; few; minority
Example sentences
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We found only a small number of customers in the store.
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The tanker has only a small crew on board.
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Only a handful of people know the fact.
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Yachts are for the wealthy few.
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Only a few understood what he said.
More examples (10)
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The authors state quite categorically that the female members of only a small number of species also sing.
達成したことの意義を理解したアメリカ人はきわめて少数であった。
Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.
手当たり次第に多くの本を読むよりも、少数の本を精読する方がよい。
It is better to read a few books carefully than to read many at random.
ほとんどの日本の企業では、少数の重役だけが自分の部屋を持っている。
In most Japanese companies, only a few executives have a room to themselves.
彼女はいつも少数の生徒をえこひいきしていて、そのくせ他の生徒には厳しい。
She is always playing favorites with a few students but very strict with everyone else.
だれにも不満の種はある。だが、それを達観できるのは、ごく少数の人だけだ。
Everyone seems to have a bone to pick with someone, but only a few people can be philosophical about it.
反体制指導者らは、共産主義者が少数野党に転落することもあり得るとしています。
Opposition leaders say it's possible the Communists could end up in a small minority.
今日でも、世界の色々なところに永続的な家を持たない人々の集団が少数存在している。
Nowadays, there are still a few groups of people in different parts of the world who do not have permanent homes.
年齢による差別は法律違反であり、退職が強制されるのは、ほんの少数の職業においてである。
Age discrimination is illegal and retirement is mandatory in only a few occupations.
国民に関する固定観念がどれほど有害かを理解するには、少数の外国人と親しくなるだけで十分だ。
You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how harmful national stereotypes are.