いささか

些 か

Common word

  1. adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    a little, a bit, somewhat, slightly, rather
    word usually written using kana alone

    • ここだけの話だが、彼はいささか間が抜けている。
      Between you and me, he is rather stupid.