微び量りょう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

trace amount; minuscule quantity

Refers to an extremely small amount of a substance, often used in scientific, medical, or technical contexts but also in everyday language.

〈場ば所しょ〉に微び量りょうの〈物もの〉が含ふくまれるa trace amount of something is contained in something
この食しょく品ひんには微び量りょうの添てん加か物ぶつが含ふくまれている。
This food contains a trace amount of additives.
微び量りょうの〈物もの〉を検けん出しゅつするto detect a trace amount of something
血けつ液えきから微び量りょうの薬やく物ぶつを検けん出しゅつした。
They detected a trace amount of a drug in the blood.
微び量りょうずつ〈動どう詞し〉to do something little by little, in tiny amounts
薬くすりの量りょうを微び量りょうずつ増ふやしていく。
They gradually increase the dosage in tiny increments.

少しょう量りょうN3
少量 means a small quantity in general, while 微量 stresses an extremely tiny, often barely detectable amount, as in a lab measurement.
わずかN3
僅か is a general adjective for 'a little/only', usable for numbers, time, or amounts, whereas 微量 specifically describes a minute physical quantity of a substance.
ごくわずかN2
微量 is a more technical or scientific term for a trace amount, while ごく僅か is a general, everyday expression for something extremely small.

大たい量りょうN3
大量 means a large or bulk quantity, the direct opposite of 微量's trace amount.

微び少しょう
微少 describes something being minute or tiny in size/degree, while 微量 specifically refers to a tiny quantity of a substance being measured.

Compound of 微 (bi, 'minute, tiny') and 量 (ryō, 'quantity, amount'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of a very small quantity.