Word Meaning 若干

そこば sokoba

若干 is read as そこば (sokoba) and means many.

Meaning

English

  1. many
  2. a lot
  3. somewhat
  4. to a certain extent
  5. some
  6. few
  7. a number of
  8. a little (bit)

Reading

Kana

そこば

Romaji

sokoba

Writing Variants

  • 幾許 そくばく sokubaku
  • 幾許 そこばく sokobaku
  • 若干 じゃっかん jakkan
  • 若干 そくばく sokubaku
  • 若干 そこばく sokobaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 44 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

若干名

じゃっかんめい

a few people

若造

わかぞう

youngster

若武者

わかむしゃ

young warrior

若菜

わかな

young greens

若党

わかとう

foot-man

若者

わかもの

young person

若人

わかうど

young person

若い

わかい

immature

若々しい

わかわかしい

youthful

若手

わかて

young person

若さ

わかさ

youth

若年

じゃくねん

youth

Example Sentences

7

すけじゅーるにじゃっかんのおくれがでている。

There is a slight delay in the schedule.

じゃっかんのあやまりはあります。

There are a few mistakes.

さんかしゃはじゃっかんめいです。

There are only a small number of participants.

Mr. Bush had slightly more votes than Mr. Gore.

I just did a test and it's a bit slow but working fine.

Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent...it goes without saying that I couldn't be more uncomfortable.

”Have you gotten used to the life there?” ”Well, not yet. I'm kind of a homebody."