薄い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うす
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「薄い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 薄く すく [ùsúkú]
Terminal (終止形) 薄い すい
[ùsúí]
[ùsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 薄い すい [ùsúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 薄くない すくな [ùsúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past 薄かった かった [ùsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 薄くなかった すくなかった [ùsúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 薄いです いです [ùsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 薄くて くて [ùsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 薄ければ ければ [ùsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(うす) • (usui-i (adverbial (うす) (usuku))

  1. thin
    Antonym: 厚い (atsui)
    (うす)キーボードusui kībōdothin keyboard
  2. (figuratively) thin, weak, diluted
    Antonym: 濃い (koi)
    (うす)(あじ)usui ajiweak flavor
    反応(はんのう)(うす)
    hannō ga usui
    receiving a weak reaction; receiving a weak response
    必要性(ひつようせい)(うす)
    hitsuyōsei ga usui
    not very necessary
    (literally, “[its] necessity is thin”)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ()(うす) (bu ga usui): be thin
  • (あじ)(うす) (aji ga usui): lightly seasoned
  • (じょう)(うす) (jō ga usui): be coldhearted (hardhearted)
  • (きょう)()(うす) (kyōmi ga usui): uninteresting
  • (かみ)(うす) (kami ga usui): have thin hair
  • (うす)(ほん) (usui hon):

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN