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Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.
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honnohitonigiri
expression, noun, no adjective
  1. just a handful; only a small number (of)
honno
pre-noun adjectival
  1. mere; only; just; slight
hitonigiri
noun, no adjective
  1. handful
  2. small amount; small number
hito
prefix
  1. one (esp. ひと)
numeric
  1. one (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
nigiri
noun
  1. grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
  2. handful; fistful
  3. handle; grip; knob
  4. rice ball
  5. nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
  6. method to determine player colors (go) (esp. ニギリ)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
dansei
noun, no adjective
  1. man; male
  2. masculine gender
shika
particle
  1. only; nothing but (used with neg. verb)
ikujikyuuka
noun
  1. childcare leave; maternity leave
ikuji
noun, suru verb
  1. childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
kyuuka
noun
  1. holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
toru

Tai Adjective stem

torita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch
  2. to pass; to hand; to give
  3. to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
  4. to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
  5. to remove; to get rid of; to take off
  6. to take away; to steal; to rob
  7. to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
  8. to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish)
  9. to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
  10. to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
  11. to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
  12. to record; to take down
  13. to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
  14. to order; to have delivered
  15. to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
  16. to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
  17. to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
Suffix after the stem of an adjective
garu

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

garanai
suffix, godan verb
  1. to show signs of being; to feel; to think (following adj. stem)
  2. to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if (following adj. stem or noun)

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