ほんの一ひと握にぎり

expression, noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

just a handful; only a small number

Emphasizes that the quantity is very small, often used with people or countable things. The phrase ほんの (merely) adds a nuance of insignificance.

• 会かい議ぎに来きたのはほんの一ひと握にぎりの人ひとだけだった。

  Only a handful of people came to the meeting.

• 彼かれはほんの一ひと握にぎりのチャンスをものにした。

  He seized the only small chance he had.