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僅々 (きんきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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残のこ さ れ た 時じ 間かん は 僅きん 々きん 数すう 分ふん だっ た 。
The remaining time was only a few minutes.
Related words たった is the common colloquial word for 'only/just', while 僅々 is a literary, old-fashioned adverb used mainly in formal writing.
ほんの is a pre-noun modifier meaning 'a mere' used before nouns, whereas 僅々 is an adverb/taru-adjective used mainly in formal or written contexts to mean 'no more than'.
僅か is the everyday word for 'only a small amount', both as an adverb and na-adjective, while 僅々 is a rarer, more literary variant with the same root kanji.
Written forms 僅きん 々きん Usage 31%
Kanji form using 僅; rare and literary. The repetition mark 々 is used.
きんきん Usage 69%
Kana spelling; more common in modern writing due to the rarity of the kanji.
僅きん 僅きん
Alternate kanji form without the repetition mark; also rare.
Etymology Reduplication of 僅 (きん, 'only, a little'), which is a kanji used in literary Chinese. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is used in classical Japanese and modern literary writing.
