薄い (うすい)thin; pale; light
- thinadjective (keiyoushi)
- pale; light; faintadjective (keiyoushi)
- watery; thin; diluteadjective (keiyoushi)
- weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)adjective (keiyoushi)
- slim (probability, etc.); smalladjective (keiyoushi)
- sparse; patchy; scatteredadjective (keiyoushi)
Kanji in 薄い
Words that share its kanji
- 希薄きはくthin (e.g. air); diluted
- 薄れるうすれるto fade; to become dim
- 精神薄弱せいしんはくじゃくmental retardation; mentally retarded
- 手薄てうすshorthanded; short of hands
- 肉薄にくはくclosing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to
- 薄暗いうすぐらいdim; gloomy
- 品薄しなうすshortage of stock; scarcity of goods
- 薄すすきJapanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass
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