薄
dilute, pampas grass, thin, weak (tea)
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Grade:8
Strokes:16
JLPT:2
Frequency:1009
Vocabulary
ハク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 軽薄 | ケイハク | frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere |
| 精神薄弱 | セイシンハクジャク | feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability |
| 肉薄 | ニクハク | closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling |
| 薄弱 | ハクジャク | feebleness; weakness |
| 希薄 | キハク | thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薄い | うすい | thin (of an object); pale; light; faint; watery; thin; diluted; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.); not much (of a presence); slim (probability, etc.); small; sparse; patchy; scattered |
| 薄める | うすめる | to dilute; to water down; to thin; to lighten (e.g. a color); to make less strong (e.g. flavor, depth, etc.); to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down; to temper |
| 薄れる | うすれる | to fade; to become dim |
| 薄暗い | うすぐらい | dim; gloomy |
| 薄着 | うすぎ | being lightly dressed |
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