handful
要点一握り
意味
- (…の)一握り,一つかみ《+of+名》
- 《a handful》(…の)わずか,少量,少数《+of+名》
- 《話》手に負えない人(物事)
例文
Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.
ほんの一握りの男性しか育児休暇を取りたがらない。
Only a handful of people came to the meeting.
会合にはほんのわずかの人しか出てこなかった。
There are a handful of naughty boys in my neighborhood.
近所には一握りのいたずらっ子がいる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English handful, hondful, from Old English handfull (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handufullō, *handufulliz (“handful”), from Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”) + *fullaz (“full”); equivalent to hand + full (“fullness, plenty”) or hand + -ful. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hondful (“handful”), West Frisian hânfol (“handful”), Dutch handvol (“handful”), German Handvoll (“handful”), Danish håndfuld (“handful”), Swedish handfull (“handful”), Icelandic handfylli (“handful”).