Illustration: On a rocky path near the summit of a high Japanese mountain, a hiker has stopped after only a few shallow steps. He leans on his trekking poles with his mouth open, drawing deliberate breaths, while a companion rests beside him with similarly drooping shoulders.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

希き薄はく

kihaku

thin, rarefied

Example sentences

高山こうざんでは空気くうきが希薄きはくになる。
The air is rarefied on high mountains.
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今日こんにちオゾン層そうは希薄きはくになりつつある。
Today the ozone layer is thinning.
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高たかく登のぼるにつれて、空気くうきは希薄きはくになる。
As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
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Kanji in 希薄

希hope; begOnキ・ケKunまれ・こいねがう
薄thin; weakOnハクKunうすい・うす-・うすめる

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