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幾許もない (いくばくもない) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, i-adjective
brief (amount of time) ; short
usually written using kana alone
Used to describe a very short remaining time or a small remaining quantity. Often appears in negative or limited contexts, such as いくばくもない命 or いくばくもない時間.
夏なつ 休やす み も いくばく も なく 、 新しん 学がっ 期き が 始はじ まる 。
Summer vacation is almost over, and the new term begins.
Written forms 幾許いくばく もない
Kanji spelling is rare and literary; the word is usually written in kana.
幾許いくばく も 無な い
Variant kanji spelling with 無い; even rarer than 幾許もない.
Kanji 幾 how many, how much, how far 無 nothingness, none, ain't Etymology The phrase いくばくもない combines 幾許 (いくばく, 'how much') with the negative form of ある, literally meaning 'there is not much'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it has been used in literary Japanese to express a small remaining amount or time.
