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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

薄うすめる

usumeru

to dilute, to water down

Example sentences

  1. 残のこった煮汁にじるを薄うすめたものでご飯はんを炊たく。

    Leftover broth is diluted to cook rice with it.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 多おおくは濃縮液のうしゅくえきとなっており、使用時しようじに水みずを加くわえて薄うすめる必要ひつようがある。

    Most of them are concentrated, so they have to be diluted with water when used in cooking.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 従来じゅうらいの日本酒にほんしゅを水みずで薄うすめたものではなく、アルコール発酵はっこうの結果けっかとして低ていアルコール度どとなったものである。

    Low alcohol content was achieved through alcoholic fermentation, not by diluting the traditional sake with water.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 薄

  • 薄thin; weakOnハクKunうすい・うす-・うすめる

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