多少

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 多少 (たしょう) combines much 多 and little 少 to express some amount or “somewhat.”
• Basic usage: It softens the degree of a delay and specifies that a job requires some experience.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Adverbial degree and nominal quantity
  • 多少遅れる means “be delayed somewhat,” while 多少の経験 treats the phrase as a quantity modifying a noun.