Illustration: In a sunny apartment, a woman unclips a familiar fabric cushion cover from a drying rack and opens a long-folded edge. The exposed surface has become noticeably faint, while the protected cloth inside the fold retains the original deeper color and the same woven pattern.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

薄うすれる

usureru

to fade, to weaken

Example sentences

  1. 数学すうがくへの興味きょうみは薄うすれていった。

    I became less and less interested in mathematics.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 記憶きおくは薄うすれても、記録きろくは残のこる。

    Even if my memories fade, my records will remain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 時ときがたつにつれ彼女かのじょの悲かなしみは薄うすれていった。

    She felt less sad as time passed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 薄

  • 薄thin; weakOnハクKunうすい・うす-・うすめる

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