痩せる

Meanings

1. to become thin; to lose weight; to slim
2. to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile; to become barren

Part of speech: ichidan verb, intransitive

Kanji

• 痩

  Meanings

  get thin

  On reading

  ソウ、チュウ、シュウ、シュ

  Kun reading

  や.せる

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• 若い頃は痩せてたんだよ。

  I used to be thin when I was young.

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