Definition of 薄い (うすい)

うす

薄い

うすい

usui

adjective
1.
thin(in ref. to objects, not to people)
2.
pale, light, faint
3.
watery, thin, dilute
4.
weak (taste, etc.), little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
5.
slim (probability, etc.), small
6.
sparse, patchy, scattered
Related Kanji
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Conjugations
adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
薄い
うすい
usui
薄いです
うすいです
usuidesu
薄くない
うすくない
usukunai
薄くありません
うすくありません
usukuarimasen

薄くないです
うすくないです
usukunaidesu
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
薄かった
うすかった
usukatta
薄かったです
うすかったです
usukattadesu
薄くなかった
うすくなかった
usukunakatta
薄くありませんでした
うすくありませんでした
usukuarimasendeshita

薄くなかったです
うすくなかったです
usukunakattadesu
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
薄かろう
うすかろう
usukarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
薄いだろう
うすいだろう
usuidarou
te-form
薄くて
うすくて
usukute
Adverb
薄く
うすく
usuku
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
薄ければ
うすければ
usukereba
薄くなければ
うすくなければ
usukunakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 29 results)

The ice is too thin to skate on

His hair got thinner and thinner

This soup is too thin for me

いっぽう
一方
ほん
うす
薄い
ほう
他方
あつ
厚い
あつ
厚い
やく
200
One book is thin. The other is thick. The thick one has about 200 pages

He is beginning to lose his hair

This ice is too thin to bear your weight

うす
薄い
ほん
わた
This thin book is mine

みずうみ
こお
うす
きみ
君の
たいじゅ
体重
The ice on the lake is too thin to bear your weight

She wore such thin clothes that she might well catch a cold

The ice is too thin to bear your weight

たか
高い
やま
ちょうじょう
頂上
くう
空気
うす
薄い
The air is thin at the top of a high mountain

かたほう
片方
ほん
うす
薄く
ほう
他方
あつ
厚い
One book is thin, and the other is thick

Cut the meat into thin slices

さんちょ
山頂
くう
空気
The air on top of the mountain was very thin

こお
ひじょう
非常に
うす
薄い
きみ
君の
たいじゅ
体重
ささ
支え
The ice is so thin that it won't bear your weight

They don't like their steaks thin

かれ
うす
薄い
みどりい
緑色
He likes green in a lighter shade

わた
せいこう
成功
のぞ
望み
うす
薄い
There is little hope of my success

I like weak coffee better than strong

かのじょ
彼女の
うす
薄く
ももいろ
桃色
Her cheeks were tinged with pink
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