(2016-06-14, 4:39 pm)Kuroro Wrote: Another question, what does いくつか mean in terms of quantity? Because my dictionary gives few, some and several as definitions so I'm a bit confused
Here's a sentence:
ここまででわかっていることはいくつかある
I don't see what's confusing since 'a few' and 'several' are synonyms ('few' does emphasize the smallness of the number more, but the actual number is in the same range). It only means 'some' where 'some' is synonymous with 'few' and 'several'. In other words, it's a small number of things, most likely in the 3-5 range but it could be stretched to maybe 2-9 things.
I would take your sentence as meaning 'By now I've come to realize a few things' or the like.