一握り

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 一握り(ひとにぎり) means an amount that can be grasped in one hand, or a very small number.
• Basic usage: It describes putting in a handful of beans harvested from a field.
  • 畑で取れた豆を一握り袋に入れた。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A literal handful and a small minority
  • 一握りの豆 is a hand-sized quantity of beans. 一握りの候補者 means very few candidates without specifying an exact number.