Why is this 少し followed by は?


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/):

[code]

    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
    
[/code]

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.




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。




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。

