<entry eid="2349474" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1324330</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>若干</keb>
<ke_pri>ichi1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf08</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じゃっかん</reb>
<re_pri>ichi1</re_pri>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf08</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
<gloss>some</gloss>
<gloss>few</gloss>
<gloss>a number of</gloss>
<gloss>a little (bit)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&adv;</pos>
<gloss>somewhat</gloss>
<gloss>to a certain extent</gloss>
<gloss>a bit</gloss>
</sense>
<history>
<audit time="2010-09-03 03:07:23" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Hendrik</upd_name>
<upd_refs>* Text at hand:
近隣の博物館が漁具を主力に収集、展示していることもあり、当館では若干避けてきた
傾向があったものの、現在は本腰を入れて収集を計っております。
* I also concur with EIJIRO - the usage samples there match what i have heard</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -20,3 +20,3 @@
-<gloss>some</gloss>
-<gloss>few</gloss>
-<gloss>number of</gloss>
+<xref type="see" seq="2576680">若干の</xref>
+<gloss>somewhat</gloss>
+<gloss>to a certain extent</gloss></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-09-03 05:09:40" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>We do. It's the [adj-no] tag.
splitting by PoS</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>on the entry for 若干の
"unless you have a method for combining them without loss of information"</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,1 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
@@ -20,1 +19,7 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2576680">若干の</xref>
+<gloss>some</gloss>
+<gloss>few</gloss>
+<gloss>a number of</gloss>
+<gloss>a little (bit)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n-adv;</pos></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-09-03 11:32:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-09-19 00:47:43" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Merging in 2660650. A bit messy. It's the 若干/some/few join that is key.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>koj, daij, meikyo, prog</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>幾許</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -12,0 +15,1 @@
+<re_restr>若干</re_restr>
@@ -15,0 +19,11 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>そこばく</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>そくばく</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>そこば</reb>
+<re_restr>若干</re_restr>
+<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>
@@ -29,0 +44,11 @@
+<sense>
+<stagr>そこばく</stagr>
+<stagr>そくばく</stagr>
+<stagr>そこば</stagr>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<gloss>many</gloss>
+<gloss>a lot</gloss>
+</sense></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2011-09-19 02:08:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-01 19:29:09" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think sense 1 is adj-no only.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>gg5
daijr: "数ははっきりしないが，あまり多くはないことを表す。"</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -32 +31,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-02 04:44:55" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-31 04:34:48" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Bulk update n-adv to n,adv
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -39 +39,2 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adv;</pos></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2021-03-31 04:34:49" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Bulk update n-adv to n,adv
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -49 +49 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
+<pos>&adv;</pos></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-10-04 18:59:52" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Sombrero1</upd_name>
<upd_detl>若干；幾許（そこばく；そくばく；そこば）should really have its own entry. It's far less common, the readings are 熟字訓 for both kanji forms, and it has an extra sense.
I'd also draft that one if this passes.
This entry should just be 若干（じゃっけん）with 2 senses.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 若干 │ 7,709,482 │ 99.5% │
│ 幾許 │ 13,724 │ 0.2% │
│ じゃっかん │ 22,706 │ 0.3% │
│ そくばく │ 1,252 │ 0.0% │
│ そこばく │ 676 │ 0.0% │
│ そこば │ 529 │ 0.0% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
BCCWJ:
｛若干［ジャッカン］｝＝ 2912
｛若干［ソコバク］｝＝ 0
｛若干［ソくバク］｝＝ 0
｛若干［ソコバ］｝＝ 0
そくばく：
Shinsen:
❶〘文章語〙いくらか。いくつか。多少。そくばく。「━の金を与える」
❷〘古語〙たくさん。多数。はなはだ。「胸のうちにそこばくのことは入りきたらざらまし」〈徒然〉</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -42,0 +43 @@
+<gloss>a bit</gloss></upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2025-10-15 09:10:48" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK. I'll set it up.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -10,3 +9,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>幾許</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -15 +11,0 @@
-<re_restr>若干</re_restr>
@@ -19,11 +14,0 @@
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>そこばく</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>そくばく</reb>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
-<reb>そこば</reb>
-<re_restr>若干</re_restr>
-<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>
@@ -39 +23,0 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -44,11 +27,0 @@
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<stagr>そこばく</stagr>
-<stagr>そくばく</stagr>
-<stagr>そこば</stagr>
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<pos>&adv;</pos>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
-<gloss>many</gloss>
-<gloss>a lot</gloss></upd_diff>
</audit>
</history>
</entry>
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