Illustration: In a quiet Japanese living room, a man recently home from a prolonged illness sits wrapped in his familiar cardigan. Its shoulders now hang loosely, and his face has visibly hollow cheeks beneath pronounced cheekbones.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

げっそり

gessori

gaunt, noticeably thinner

Example sentences

  1. 彼女かのじょ、しばらく見みない間まにげっそりと痩やせちゃったけど、何なにか大おおきな病気びょうきでもしたのかな。

    She’s become very thin in the long time since I last saw her. I wonder if she’s fallen seriously ill or something.

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  2. 長ながい出張しゅっちょうから戻もどった父ちちは、げっそりしていた。

    My father looked gaunt when he returned from a long business trip.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 数日寝込すうにちねこんだ後のち、鏡かがみの中なかの顔かおがげっそりしていた。

    After spending several days in bed, my face looked gaunt in the mirror.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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