few

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fjuː/

Determiner

used alone of clouds of rainfall with regard to a location

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of. / (used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of.

Japanese Meaning

通常、少数の不特定な数を意味する。 / 単独で使われた場合、多くなく、わずかな数を表す。

What is this buttons?

A few students stayed after class to ask questions.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

数人の生徒が授業後に残って質問しました。

Details

Sense（1）

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.

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