少すこししか

expression

only a little; nothing but a little

Used with a negative verb to express that there is very little of something, or that something is done only a little. The pattern is 少ししか～ない.

• 冷れい蔵ぞう庫こには野や菜さいが少すこししか残のこっていない。

  There are only a few vegetables left in the fridge.

• 彼かれは日本にほん語ごを少すこししか話はなせない。

  He can speak only a little Japanese.