いくらか

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Meanings

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

some; a little; a certain amount

usually written using kana alone

Indicates an unspecified but limited quantity or degree. Often used with nouns (いくらかの + noun) or as an adverb.

お

金かね

が

必ひつ

要よう

です

。

I need some money.

冷れい蔵ぞう庫こにいくらか食たべ物ものが残のこっている。

There is some food left in the fridge.

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

Expresses a moderate degree of change or state. Used adverbially to soften a statement.

この問もん題だいはいくらか難むずかしい。
This problem is somewhat difficult.
彼かれの説せつ明めいで状じょう況きょうがいくらかわかった。
His explanation helped me understand the situation to some extent.

いくらかの〈物もの〉some amount of ~
いくらかのお金かねを貯ためておいた。
I had saved up some money.
いくらか〈形けい容よう詞し〉なるto become somewhat ~
薬くすりを飲のんだら、痛いたみがいくらか軽かるくなった。
After taking the medicine, the pain became somewhat lighter.
いくらか〈動どう詞し〉to ~ to some extent
彼かれの説せつ明めいを聞きいて、いくらか安あん心しんした。
Hearing his explanation, I felt somewhat relieved.

少すこしN5sense 1
少し is the common, everyday word for 'a little'; いくらか is a bit more formal and often stresses that the amount or degree is unspecified.
多た少しょうN3sense 2
多少 is a formal, written-style word for 'somewhat/more or less'; いくらか is more neutral and works fine in everyday speech.
幾いく分ぶんN2sense 2
幾分 and いくらか both mean 'somewhat, to some extent', but 幾分 sounds slightly more literary and is common before adjectives describing change.
ちょっとN5sense 1
ちょっと is a casual, conversational word for 'a little'; いくらか is more neutral or formal and less used in casual chat.
いくつか
いくらか can describe an indefinite small amount of either countable or uncountable things, whereas いくつか is used only for countable items.

いくつか sense 1
いくつか sounds similar but means 'a few/several (countable items)', while いくらか refers to an unspecified amount or degree, often uncountable.

Compound of 幾ら (ikura, 'how much') + か (ka, question particle), literally 'some amount'. The exact historical derivation is straightforward.