Keyword
lose weight
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 2
Heisig1818
Old form瘦
Readings
や
(88%)
そう
(7%)
やせ
(2%)
Composed of
sickness
say humbly
once again
Used in vocabulary (45 in total)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to get too skinny
Examples (24 in total)
You're quite thin.
The soil around here is poor, so vegetables don't grow well.
Isn't it just that the land has become barren?