rare term noun noun (generic)
- metal bit, metal mouthpiece, metal gag
- hush money
noun noun (generic) adverb
- tiny bit
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- only this, this much
- (this) small amount, (such a) paltry amount, only this much, slightest bit
- (not) in the slightest, (not) at all
noun noun (generic)
- little bit
noun noun (generic)
- slight cold, bit of a cold, touch of a cold, lingering cold
rare term な adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- a tiny bit
computing noun noun (generic)
- bit error rate, BER
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- bit (mouthpiece)
onomatopoeic or mimetic word adverb adverb taking the と particle
- intermittently, bit by bit, little by little, by ones and twos
- in drops (e.g. of rain)
expression
- a bit more, a bit longer