薄い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄
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 うすく [ùsúkú]
Terminal (終止形) 薄い うすい
うす​い
[ùsúí]
[ùsúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 薄い うすい [ùsúí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 薄くない うすくな​い [ùsúkúnáꜜì]
Informal past 薄かった うす​かった [ùsúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 薄くなかった うすくな​かった [ùsúkúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 薄いです うす​いです [ùsúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 薄くて うす​くて [ùsúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 薄ければ うす​ければ [ùsúꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

薄(うす)い • (usui) -i (adverbial 薄(うす)く (usuku))

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

Inflection

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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