little
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日本語WordNet
a small amount or duration; "he accepted the little they gave him"
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
(of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context); "a nice little job"; "bless your little heart"; "my dear little mother"; "a sweet little deal"; "I'm tired of your petty little schemes"; "filthy little tricks"; "what a nasty little situation"
not much; "he talked little about his family"
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Small in size, amount, or degree. One of the most common adjectives in English, used to describe something of small dimensions or quantity.
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There is little hope that diplomatic mediation will succeed unless both parties demonstrate genuine willingness to compromise.
両当事者が妥協する真の意欲を示さない限り、外交的調停が成功する希望はほとんどありません。
There is little doubt that climate change poses existential threats, yet politicians show little willingness to implement stringent regulations.
気候変動が存亡の脅威をもたらすことにはほとんど疑いがないが、政治家は厳格な規制を実施する意欲をほとんど示していない。
Few researchers anticipated the discovery's significance; the findings stimulated intense debate and sparked a little excitement globally.
その発見の重要性を予測した研究者はほとんどいなかった。調査結果は激しい議論を刺激し世界的にわずかな興奮を引き起こした。
The patient showed little improvement despite treatment, prompting the physician to consult specialists seeking alternative therapeutic approaches.
患者は治療にもかかわらずほとんど改善を示さず、医師が代替的な治療アプローチを求めて専門家に相談するきっかけとなった。
A few entrepreneurs demonstrated remarkable ingenuity, developing solutions requiring little capital investment but generating substantial social impact.
少数の起業家が驚くべき創意工夫を示し、わずかな資本投資しか必要としないが実質的な社会的影響を生み出す解決策を開発した。
There is a little flexibility in the schedule, allowing organizers to accommodate a few additional speakers addressing urgent topics.
スケジュールにはわずかな柔軟性があり、主催者が緊急のトピックに対処する数名の追加講演者を受け入れることを可能にしている。
Few institutions maintain rigorous standards consistently; most exhibit little accountability when confronting scandals exposing serious misconduct.
厳格な基準を一貫して維持している機関はほとんどない。ほとんどは深刻な不正行為を暴露するスキャンダルに直面したときにほとんど説明責任を示さない。
Little did we know that our small initiative would spark such widespread interest nationwide.
私たちの小さなイニシアチブが全国的にこれほど広範な関心を引き起こすとは、ほとんど知らなかった。
The debate continued for hours. The discussion generated considerable heat but little consensus ultimately.
討論は何時間も続いた。議論は相当な熱を生み出したが、最終的にはほとんど合意に至らなかった。
There can be little doubt that technology has fundamentally altered how we communicate daily.
テクノロジーが私たちの日常的なコミュニケーション方法を根本的に変えたことはほぼ疑いようがない。
I'm a little tired – I'm absolutely exhausted after this marathon negotiation session tonight.
少し疲れている—今夜のマラソン交渉セッションの後、完全に疲れ果てている。
Little did the cartographer realize that geographical discoveries would revolutionize maritime navigation and colonial expansion dramatically.
地理学的発見が海事航海と植民地拡大を劇的に革命化することを、地図製作者はほとんど理解していなかった。
Little imagined the alchemists that empirical experimentation would eventually supersede mystical speculation in natural scientific inquiry.
錬金術師たちは、経験的実験が最終的に自然科学的探究において神秘的思索に取って代わることをほとんど想像していなかった。
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