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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!:

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.

Ian Y.
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    The binding particle (係助詞)「は」 can be attached to 副詞: 「④叙述を強める。㋐〔格助詞・**副詞などに付いて** ...」([大辞林](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%AF-597777#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88)). Here the は is used in the sense of "at least" --> http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/29438/does-%E3%81%AF-mean-at-least-in-this-sentence – Chocolate May 24 '16 at 13:38

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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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    Well, judging from the translation of this sentence "I still worry a little bit", it seems to me that the `少し` here is for modifying `気にかけて`, not for noun-like usage. – Ian Y. May 24 '16 at 13:55