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薄 kanji
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
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Kun readings
うすいうす--うすうすめるうすまるうすらぐうすら-うすれるすすき
Words with 薄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1薄弱Popularfeebleness; weakness
- —軽薄Popularfrivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
- —肉薄Popularclosing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
- —希薄Popularthin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)
- —精神薄弱Popularfeeble-mindedness; intellectual disability
- —厚薄thickness; partiality
- —精薄feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability
- —浅薄shallow; superficial
- —薄荷mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
- —薄情unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
- —薄片flake; thin slice; thin layer; lamina; lamella; leaf; foil
- —薄明twilight; dusk; faint light
- —酷薄cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
- —薄幸unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless
- —浮薄frivolous; fickle; insincere; caprice; cold-heartedness
- —薄給small salary; meagre salary; low pay
- —薄暮dusk; nightfall; twilight
- —薄氷thin ice
- —薄命misfortune; short life; evil fate
- —薄利small profits; low interest
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