jmdict 1324330 Active (id#2349474)
若干 [ichi1,news1,nf08]
【 じゃっかん [ichi1,news1,nf08] 】
  1. [adj-no]
    • some
    • few
    • a number of
    • a little (bit)
  2. [adv]
    • somewhat
    • to a certain extent
    • a bit
History:
    • A 2025-10-15 09:10:48 Jim Breen (id#2349474)
    • Comments
      OK. I'll set it up.
    • 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>
    • A* 2025-10-04 18:59:52 Sombrero1 (id#2348761)
    • Comments
      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.
    • 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〉
    • Diff
      @@ -42,0 +43 @@
+<gloss>a bit</gloss>
    • A 2021-03-31 04:34:49 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Bulk update n-adv to n,adv
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Diff
      @@ -49 +49 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
    • A 2021-03-31 04:34:48 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Bulk update n-adv to n,adv
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Diff
      @@ -39 +39,2 @@
-<pos>&n-adv;</pos>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<pos>&adv;</pos>
    • A 2018-10-02 04:44:55 Jim Breen
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