- a small number
少数の a few, a small number of;〔ほとんどない〕few ⇒すくない(少ない)
- 会員は少数である
- The membership is small.
- 葬式の参列者は少数だった
- Only a 「small number of [few] people came to the funeral.
- 少数意見a minority opinion
- 少数精鋭主義elitism; the principle of the able minority
- 少数派[党]the minority faction [party]
- そういう意見は少数派だ
- People with [who have] such an opinion are in the minority.
- 少数民族a minority (race)