JLPT N3 · Adverbs of degree

少々

しょうしょう

a little

Stroke order of 少々

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

少 · 4 strokes々 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Few 少 and repeated 々, just a tiny bit.

Parts: 少 few + 々 repeat mark

Example sentence

少々お待ちください。

しょうしょうおまちください。

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Words with 少

少ないfew; little 少しa little 少年boy 少女girl 減少decrease 少子化declining birthrate 少量small quantity 少数minority; few 多少somewhat

Words with 々

時々sometimes 色々various 様々various 人々people 度々often; repeatedly 図々しいshameless; pushy 次々one after another 徐々にgradually 別々separately

More words: Adverbs of degree

決してnever; by no means 全くentirely; not at all 絶対absolutely 最もmost 非常にextremely 大分considerably 割とrelatively 案外unexpectedly 一層even more 多少somewhat 大体mostly; roughly 殆どalmost; hardly 必ずしもnot necessarily 恐らくprobably 確かにcertainly

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