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The 少し and は I'm referring to is from the lyrics of a song called [Don't you
see!](http://www.kanzenshuu.com/lyrics/ja-dont_you_see/):

```

    Don't you see!　願っても祈っても　奇跡　思い出
    少しは気にかけて
    
```

I don't quite understand why the `少し` is followed by `は` because `少し` is not a
noun and cannot be the main topic of a sentence for `は` to indicate.
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Why is this 少し followed by は?
Here は is not used to make 少し the main topic of the sentence, but it is rather
used to limit it, in the sense of:

> A little bit, but no more than that

Despite the fact 少し is an adverb, not a noun, it is perfectly acceptable to
put a は after it, just as it would be safe to put は after words like いっぱい,ちょっと
and すぐ.

The particle は can be used in many different contexts, here are a few more
examples:

> 少しで **は** ありますが
>
> 彼はもう、長く **は** ない
>
> 死に **は** しない (しにゃしない）
>
> 僕が好きなの **は** 、チョコレートだ
>
> 僕に **は** 分かるよ
>
> 船で **は** 行けない
>
> そうなると **は** 思わなかった。
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「[少]{すこ}し」 is basically an adverb, but it also has a **_noun-like usage_** as
well, which allows particles such as 「の」 and 「は」 to follow the word directly.
Any monolingual dictionary would mention this usage, too.

「少し **の** お[金]{かね}」 = "a small amount of money"

「少し **の** [我慢]{がまん}」 = "a little patience"

「少し」 in 「少し **は** 」 is also used like a noun, but in this case, I would highly
recommend that you remember 「少しは」 as a set phrase meaning " ** _in some
degree_** ", " ** _in some small measure_** ", etc.

「少し **は** [気]{き}にかけて」, thus, means:

> "Please care a little about me.", "Please pay just a little attention to
> me.", etc.
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