rarely used kanji form colloquial usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle の adjective (generic)
- (this) small amount, (such a) paltry amount, only this much, slightest bit
noun noun (generic)
- idle bit
noun noun (generic)
- activation bit
search-only kana form telecommunications noun noun (generic)
- very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line, VDSL
search-only kana form telecommunications noun noun (generic)
- high-bit-rate digital subscriber line, HDSL
archaic adverb
- just a tiny bit
adverb
- (with just a) small amount, a bit, only a little
expression noun noun (generic)
- very small fraction (of), very small proportion, very small part, tiny bit
adverb
- absolutely every little bit, everything from A to Z, systematically, thoroughly, one after another
colloquial expression な adjective adjective (generic)
- just failed (by a small margin), not quite acceptable, just a bit too late