Kanji
Readingほそ
Frequency42%
Used in (52 in total)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to make narrow
long and narrow
narrow; thin (sized); slender
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to narrow (e.g. eyes)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
narrow path; narrow lane
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
to get thin; to taper off
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
long and thin
thinnish; somewhat narrow
to smile with one's whole face; to squint
thin; slender
thin man with well-defined musculature
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
slender hips; slim waist
narrow eyes; fine texture
hempen cord; rope
eating only a little; having a small appetite
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly
small type or handwriting
sparsely eating; having a small appetite
rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
slender character
to lose weight; to become thin
to lose one's appetite
thinly made; slight build or stature
shamisen with a thin neck
narrow kimono sash; narrow obi
fine writing
pinstriped (e.g. suit)
thinly made noodles; thin-pulled noodles
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor
Japanese false cerith (Batillaria cumingii)
perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne); English ryegrass; winter ryegrass
Kyushu maple (Acer capillipes); red snakebark maple
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)