Word Meaning 少なくない

すくなくない sukunakunai

少なくない is read as すくなくない (sukunakunai) and means not negligible.

Meaning

English

  1. not negligible
  2. not a little
  3. to no small degree
  4. to no small extent
  5. quite a lot

Reading

Kana

すくなくない

Romaji

sukunakunai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 107905 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

少ない

すくない

few

少年

しょうねん

boy

少し

すこし

a little way

少女

しょうじょ

female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

少々

しょうしょう

just a minute

少なからず

すくなからず

considerably

少しも

すこしも

(not) at all

少年院

しょうねんいん

reformatory

しょう

small

少しずつ

すこしずつ

little by little

Example Sentences

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Not a few people have two cars.

Americans who love sushi are not in short supply.

A bunch of people told me not to eat there.

In Japan, the amount of children whose only decent meal is provided by school is increasing. The amount of children whose weight decreases due to not being able to eat during summer vacation is also substantial.