Word details
希薄
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 希薄.
Dictionary
Entry
1
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied
Examples
高く登るにつれて、空気は希薄になる。
As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
2
lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
希
hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
7 strokesFrequency 896JLPT N2Grade 4
On
キケ
Kun
まれこいねが.う
Nanori
のぞのぞみ
薄
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
16 strokesFrequency 1,009JLPT N2Grade 8
On
ハク
Kun
うす.いうす--うすうす.めるうす.まるうす.らぐうす.ら-うす.れるすすき
稀
rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)
12 strokesFrequency 2,232JLPT N1Grade 9
On
キケ
Kun
まれまばら
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