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About 僅かに
僅か is a な-Adjective in Japanese that is often used adverbially at the beginning of sentences in order to indicate an excessively small amount of something. 僅か itself may be translated as 'trifling', or 'meager', with the adverbial variant being interpreted as 'merely', 'barely', or 'slightly'.
As an adverb, 僅か will appear as 僅かに.
Due to 僅か highlighting an extremely small amount of something, it is often used when the speaker is trying to be modest in indicating that something is nothing more than a trifling amount, such as the difference between their and another's opinions.
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僅か may also be used simply as a noun without the case-marking particle に following it. In these cases, it will just mean ‘a meager thing’, ‘a trifle’, ‘an insignificance’, or any other such word that indicates something that is exceptionally small in size or number.
- あの提案に賛成した議員はほんの僅かだ。Only a small number of assembly members agreed to that suggestion.
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彼に残された時間は残り僅かだった。He had very little time left.
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彼女とは僅かに意見が違う。
(My) opinion differs slightly from her's.
LINUXのインタフェイスはWINDOWSのと僅かに異なる。
Linux's interface slightly differs from Windows'.
似ているけど、僅かに形が違うような気がした。
They look similar, but I had a feeling that their shapes were slightly different.
僅かに毛が生えてきた。育毛に成功したのかもしれない。
My hair is coming in slightly. My hair restoration might just be working.
校長先生の怒鳴り声が僅かに聞こえる。
I could hear the angry voice of the principal just barely.
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