Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. deep (colour); dark
2. strong (flavour, smell, etc.)
3. thick (consistency); dense
4. strong (possibility, etc.)
5. thick (i.e. "as thick as thieves"); close; deep (love, etc.)
Kanji used
thick (consistency)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
strongish; somewhat strong
strongish; somewhat strong
Examples (28 in total)
The content was quite thick.
Is the coffee too strong for you?
The soup is thick.
Blood is thicker than water.
The island was enveloped in a thick fog.
The fog is growing thicker.
The sky above was a deep blue.
He drank too much strong green tea.
Has anyone ever said that you wear too much makeup?
She was wearing dark brown shoes.
My coffee is stronger than John's.
I like dark red better.
She wore a dark blue scarf.
The thick fog prevented the plane from taking off.
The flight was cancelled because of the thick fog.
I like my coffee dark and strong.
The dense fog made the building invisible.
The thick fog blotted out everything.
A thick fog delayed our flight.
Her eyes, a deep blue, were quite impressive.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
In large cities, in London for instance, there is heavy smog.
Before long, the ghost disappeared into a thick fog.
The tea is too strong. Add some water.
The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.
If you add sauce to curry rice, the taste will be more intense.
If the coffee is too strong, add some more water.
The mist was so dense that I could not see even an inch ahead.