ほそ
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. fine thread; hempen cord
2. slender; narrow; weak
Suffix
3. narrowness
as ぼそ
Kanji used
thin
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
to make narrow
long and narrow
narrow; thin (sized); slender
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to narrow (e.g. eyes)
narrow path; narrow lane
thinnish; somewhat narrow
to smile with one's whole face; to squint
thin; slender
thin man with well-defined musculature
slender hips; slim waist
narrow eyes; fine texture
small type or handwriting
hempen cord; rope
rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)
thinnish; somewhat narrow
thinly made; slight build or stature
narrow kimono sash; narrow obi
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)