Nihoner

尠すくな

すくな · sukuna

JLPT N5 i-adjective 語幹

is the stem of 尠い — few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare.

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How it’s built

尠い 尠

Stem (). The part that does not change. Adjectives and some words appear as a bare stem in compounds or exclamations.

尠い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative 尠くないすくなくない
Past 尠かったすくなかった
Past negative 尠くなかったすくなくなかった
Te-form 尠くてすくなくて
Adverb 尠くすくなく
Before a noun 尠いすくない
Ba-conditional 尠ければすくなければ
Tara-conditional 尠かったらすくなかったら
Become ~ 尠くなるすくなくなる
Too ~ 尠すぎるすくなすぎる

Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →

Other forms and spellings

尠けれ尠きゃ尠けりゃ尠かろ尠かろう尠かろふ尠い尠え尠う尠く尠かっ
stem of 尠い