痩
痩

get thin

12 strokesGrade 8

On

ソウチュウシュウシュ

Kun

や.せる

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Common Words

痩せるやせる瘠せるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6674
1

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim

Examples
若い頃は痩せてたんだよ。
I used to be thin when I was young.
2

to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile; to become barren

やせ我慢痩せ我慢やせがまんNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #30593
1

enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

Examples
そんなにやせ我慢しなくても、はやくこっちに来れば良かったのに。
You should have come here sooner instead of putting it off out of pride for so long.
やせ細る痩せ細るやせほそるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #32698
1

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

Examples
骨と皮ばかりにやせ細る。
Be reduced to skin and bones.
やせ痩せ瘠せNounFreq #40111
1

Word usually written using kana alone

losing weight; slimming

2

lean person

痩せこけるやせこけるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #40928
1

to get too skinny

Examples
骨と皮ばかりにやせこけたねこでした。
It was a cat starved to skin and bones.
痩身そうしんNounFreq #45265
1

slim figure; slender body

2

slimming; weight reduction

痩せぎすやせぎす～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #51840
1

skinny

こける痩けるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #53393
1

to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin

Examples
私はほほのこけた女性にあった。
I saw a woman with hollow cheeks.
着やせ着痩せきやせNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #57787
1

looking slender in clothing

痩せっぽちやせっぽちNounFreq #60077
1

skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones

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