薄い

Meanings

1. thin (of an object)
2. pale; light; faint
3. watery; thin; diluted
4. weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.); not much (of a presence)
5. slim (probability, etc.); small

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 薄

  Meanings

  dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

  On reading

  ハク

  Kun reading

  うす.い、うす-、-うす、うす.める、うす.まる、うす.らぐ

  Strokes

  16

Example sentences

• 肉を薄く切りなさい。

  Cut the meat into thin slices.

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• 彼はうすい青色のネクタイをしていた。

  He wore a light blue tie.

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• 薄い砂糖水を作った。

  I prepared a weak solution of sugar and water.

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