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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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ハク
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
- —希薄燃焼lean burn
- —精神薄弱児intellectually disabled child; child with an intellectual disability
- —精神薄弱者feeble-minded person; intellectually disabled person
- —西洋山薄荷lemon balm (Melissa officinalis); sweet balm
- —薄氷の勝利narrow victory
- —薄明薄暮性crepuscular
- —薄氷を踏むto tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
- —オランダ薄荷spearmint (Mentha spicata)
- —薄氷を踏む思いsense of impending doom; foreboding; feeling of grave danger
- —有機薄膜太陽電池organic thin-film solar cell; plastic solar cell
- —薄層クロマトグラフィーthin-layer chromatography
- —稀薄thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)
- —刻薄cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
- —淡薄light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing; unselfish; indifferent (to); not particular (about)
- —薄倖unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless
- —薄荷糖peppermint
- —残忍刻薄cruel; heartless; brutal; atrocious
- —薄氷をふむto tread on thin ice; to walk on thin ice; to take a grave risk; to be in a precarious situation
- —薄氷をふむ思いsense of impending doom; foreboding; feeling of grave danger
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