Kanji

薄

dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

16 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ハク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

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

Nanori (Name Reading)

いたる, うす, すすき

Common Readings

ハク, うす…い, うす…まる, うす…める, うす…らぐ, うす…れる

Example sentences

薄い うすい
このスープは少し味が薄い。

This soup's flavor is a bit thin.

壁 かべ
部屋は薄い壁で仕切られていた。

The room was divided by a thin wall.

薄暗い うすぐらい
薄暗い部屋で本を読んでいる。

I am reading a book in a dim room.

薄れる うすれる
時間が経つにつれて、その時の記憶が薄れてきた。

As time passed, the memory of that time began to fade.

往事渺茫 おうじびょうぼう
故郷の風景を思い返しても、往事渺茫として記憶は薄れるばかりだ。

Even when I look back on my hometown scenery, the past is so distant that my memories only fade.

薄々 うすうす
彼女は真実を薄々感づいているようだった。

She seemed to have a vague inkling of the truth.

薄汚れる うすよごれる
長年使い込んだせいで、その壁は薄汚れている。

The wall is slightly dirty because it has been used for many years.

薄情 はくじょう
彼女は困っている友人を見捨てるとは、本当に薄情な人だ。

She's a truly heartless person to abandon a friend in trouble.

軽薄 けいはく
彼はその軽薄な言動ゆえに嫌われている。

He is disliked for his frivolous words and actions.

薄汚い うすぎたない
薄汚い格好の男が立っていた

A shabbily dressed man was standing there.

Example Vocabulary

薄い

うすい

thin; weak; pale

薄暗い

うすぐらい

dim; gloomy; dusky

薄れる

うすれる

to fade; to grow thin; to weaken

薄々

うすうす

vaguely; slightly; thinly

薄汚れる

うすよごれる

to become slightly dirty, to look dingy, to be soiled

薄情

はくじょう

heartless, cold-hearted, unfeeling

軽薄

けいはく

frivolous; shallow; flippant

薄汚い

うすぎたない

dingy; dirty-looking; squalid; somewhat dirty

希薄

きはく

thin; dilute; sparse; weak

薄闇

うすやみ

dim light; faint darkness; twilight gloom

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