The Japanese word for thin is
薄い
うすい - usui
Japanese Definition
| thin |
| 1. 形容詞. うすい。 | |
| 2. 形容詞. やせる、やせている。 | |
| 3. 形容詞. 薄っぺらい、見え見えの。 | |
| tell a thin lie | |
| 空々しいうそをつく | |
| 4. 動詞. (他動詞)（厚みを）薄くする、削る。 | |
| 5. 動詞. (他動詞)（濃度を）薄める、希釈する。 | |
| 6. 動詞. (自動詞)（厚みが）薄くなる、痩せる。 | |
| 7. 動詞. (自動詞)（濃度が）薄まる。 | |
Translations for thin and their definitions
| 薄い |
| 1. adj. thin | |
| 薄いキーボード - thin keyboard | |
| 2. adj. (figuratively) thin, weak, diluted | |
| 薄い味 - weak flavor | |
| 反応が薄い - receiving a weak reaction; receiving a weak response | |
| 必要性が薄い - literally its necessity is thin | |
| ほっそりした |
| 1. thin | |
| 2. slim | |
| 3. slender | |
| 削る |
| 1. v. to shave; to plane | |
| 板を削る - to plane a board | |
| 2. v. to delete; to cut off | |
| 痩せる |
| 1. v. to lose weight | |
| 2. v. for fertile land to become barren | |
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