THE WORD · N5
少し
a little bit
Adverbe
少し寒いな。
It's a little cold.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: mookeee · French : sacredceltic
Parts of speech
Adverbe
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Synonymes
In the indicated direction; nuances and constructions may differ.
- ちょっと — a little bit Word card →
Common sense: a small amount or a small degree. ちょっと is more familiar; its other uses are not all replaceable by 少し.
Source
English dictionary meanings
- a little
- a bit
- a small amount
- a few
- some
- slightly
- somewhat
- a little while
- a short time
- a moment
- a minute
- a little way
- a short distance