<entry id="1987972" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2688630</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>若干名</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>じゃっかんめい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>a few people</gloss>
<gloss>small number of people</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-03-01 20:45:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Francis</upd_name>
<upd_detl>It was used in text which I am reading and it gets over 5m hits. However, it does not get as many hits as the following, which is in the main dictionary:-

若干(P); 幾許 【じゃっかん(若干)(P); そこばく; そくばく; そこば(若干)(ok)】 (n,adj-no) (1) some; few; a number of; a little (bit); (n-adv) (2) somewhat; to a certain extent; (adj-no,n-adv,n) (3) (そこばく, そくばく, そこば only) (arch) many; a lot; (P) 

Maybe, this submission could be included with a also cross reference to the above.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>See below.</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-03-08 00:40:51" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>若干 + 名, where 名 is a counter for people. Probably worth including, given it is so common.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -13,0 +13,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;small number of people&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-01 11:25:24" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Needs the indefinite article, in my view.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;few people&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;a few people&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-10-01 12:05:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I agree.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>