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aburagiri

n.
C2 Proficiency abura·giri

n. a very small amount of something. It is a word used in Japanese to describe things that are so tiny they are almost invisible.

n. an infinitesimal or negligible quantity of something. Borrowed from Japanese, it is used in English to describe amounts so small they are practically nonexistent.


SIMPLE

The error in the calculation was aburagiri.

CONTEXTUAL

The difference in their test scores was so small that it was effectively aburagiri.

COMPLEX

In the world of high-frequency trading, even aburagiri amounts of capital can be leveraged to generate significant returns over a single day.

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