JLPT N5 vocabulary
少ない: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
すくない3Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 少ない | 少な |
| Plain past過去形 | 少な | 少な |
| Polite presentです形 | 少ない | 少な |
| Polite pastでした形 | 少な | 少な |
| Te-formて形 | 少な | 少な |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 少ない | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 少な | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 少な | 少な |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 少な | 少な |
Example sentences
最近太り気味なので食事を少なくしている。
I've been putting on a bit of weight lately, so I'm eating less.