Definition of 少数 (しょうすう)

しょうすう

少数

しょうすう

shousuu

Common word

noun, no-adjective

•

small number, few, minority

See also:多数 (antonym)

Related Kanji

少	few, little
数	number, strength, fate, law, figures

Example sentences(showing 18 results)

、

せかい

いろいろ

えいぞく

てき

いえ

も

ひとびと

しゅうだん

しょうすう

そんざい

Nowadays, there are still a few groups of people in different parts of the world who do not have permanent homes

しょうすう

ひと

じじつ

し

Only a handful of people know the fact

みせ

しょうすう

きゃく

We found only a small number of customers in the store

にほん

きぎょう

、

しょうすう

じゅうやく

じぶん

へや

も

持っている

In most Japanese companies, only a few executives have a room to themselves

かれ

い

りかい

しょうすう

Only a few understood what he said

かのじょ

しょうすう

せいと

えこひいき

、

ほか

せいと

きび

She is always playing favorites with a few students but very strict with everyone else

たっせい

いぎ

りかい

じん

アメリカ人

しょうすう

Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished

ふまん

たね

。

、

たっかん

、

しょうすう

ひと

Everyone seems to have a bone to pick with someone, but only a few people can be philosophical about it

しょうすう

かねも

たの

Yachts are for the wealthy few

しょうすう

のりくみいん

The tanker has only a small crew on board

フットボール

しあい

、

かんきゃく

ねっしん

おうえん

、

おうえん

なか

かめ

のか

乗りかえよう

しょうすう

In a football game the spectators are usually ardent rooters for one of the two teams, but there also is a small group who will climb on the bandwagon of the winning team

インカ

ぞく

やく

よんひゃく

ねん

まえ

じん

スペイン人

せいふく

、

しょうすう

インカ

ぞく

クスコ

さ

ちゅうしんぶ

マチュピチュ

い

When the Incas were conquered by the Spanish about four hundred years ago, some of the Incas left Cuzco and went to Machu Picchu in the heart of Peru

こくみん

かん

こていかんねん

ゆうがい

りかい

、

しょうすう

がいこくじん

した

じゅうぶん

You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how harmful national stereotypes are

しょうすう

さっか

しょうすう

しゅだい

かんぜん

ちしき

、

たすう

さっか

しゅだい

ひょうめんてき

ちしき

かち

A perfect knowledge of a few writers and a few subjects is more valuable than a superficial one of a great many

はんたいせい

しどうしゃ

、

きょうさんしゅぎしゃ

共産主義者

しょうすう

やとう

てんらく

あ

としています

Opposition leaders say it's possible the Communists could end up in a small minority

てあしだい

手当たり次第

おお

ほん

よ

、

しょうすう

ほん

せいどく

ほうよ

It is better to read a few books carefully than to read many at random

ちょしゃ

しょうすう

しゅ

めす

うた

ひじょう

めいかく

の

述べている

The authors state quite categorically that the female members of only a small number of species also sing

ねんれい

さべつ

ほうりついはん

、

たいしょく

きょうせい

、

しょうすう

しょくぎょう

Age discrimination is illegal and retirement is mandatory in only a few occupations

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