うす
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. thin
in ref. to objects, not to people
2. pale; light; faint
3. watery; thin; dilute
4. weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
5. slim (probability, etc.); small
6. sparse; patchy; scattered
Kanji used
thin in volume
Pitch accent
すい
Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
in the background; not standing out
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
Examples (17 in total)
This soup is too thin for me.
This laptop is thin and light.
They don't like their steaks thin.
The air on top of the mountain was very thin.
My new phone is thinner than my old phone.
His hair got thinner and thinner.
I like weak coffee better than strong.
He is beginning to lose his hair.
He likes green in a lighter shade.
The atmosphere becomes thinner as you climb higher.
I like to spread my toast thinly with jam.
The ice is too thin to bear your weight.
As we go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
This ice is too thin to bear your weight.
The higher we go up, the thinner the air becomes.
Cream is a white and light yellow liquid composed of concentrated proteins and fat.
One book is thin and the other is thick; the thick one has about 200 pages.