Illustration: At a home kitchen counter, a cook holds up an exceptionally thin cucumber slice between thumb and forefinger. Light passes through its pale center, and the shape of the cook’s nose can be glimpsed through it. The slice droops slightly, with its delicate edge plainly visible.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

薄うすい

usui

thin

Used here for the thickness of an object. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 肉にくを薄うすく切きりなさい。

    Cut the meat into thin slices.

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  2. この薄うすい本ほんは私わたしのです。

    This thin book is mine.

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  3. 湖みずうみには薄うすい氷こおりが張はっていた。

    There was thin ice on the lake.

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Kanji in 薄

  • 薄thin; weakOnハクKunうすい・うす-・うすめる

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