Kanji

get thin

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

疒部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソウ, チュウ, シュウ, シュ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

やせる

Example sentences

痩せる やせる
健康のために、毎日運動して少し痩せたいと思っています。

I want to lose a little weight by exercising every day for my health.

痩せ細る やせほそる
病気で痩せ細った彼の姿を見て、胸が痛んだ。

My heart ached seeing him so thin from illness.

哀毀骨立 あいきこつりつ
彼は母を亡くしてから、哀毀骨立と言えるほどに痩せ細ってしまった。

He has become so emaciated since his mother's death that he is literally skin and bones.

痩身 そうしん
彼女は痩身だが、驚くほど力持ちだ

She has a slim figure, but she's surprisingly strong.

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