jmdict 1475480 Active (id#2342432)
薄い [ichi1,news1,nf20]
【 うすい [ichi1,news1,nf20] 】
  1. [adj-i]
    • thin (of an object)
  2. [adj-i]
    • pale
    • light
    • faint
  3. [adj-i]
    • watery
    • thin
    • diluted
  4. [adj-i]
    • weak (taste, etc.)
    • little (affection, etc.)
    • not much (of a presence)
  5. [adj-i]
    • slim (probability, etc.)
    • small
  6. [adj-i]
    • sparse
    • patchy
    • scattered
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2025-06-16 21:07:15 Jim Breen (id#2342432)
    • Comments
      Putting it back the way it was.
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>thin (in depth) (of an object)</gloss>
+<gloss>thin (of an object)</gloss>
    • A* 2025-06-16 18:03:28 Sean McBroom (id#2342422)
    • Comments
      Never mind, I just realized that sense 1 refers to the actual depth of something, not faintness. That's embarrassing. Maybe add "(in depth)" to clarify the contrast with the other senses.
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>thin (of an object, line, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>thin (in depth) (of an object)</gloss>
    • A* 2025-06-16 15:27:11 Sean McBroom (id#2342420)
    • Comments
      This should work better with the example sentence. Also it may be worth adding back the note that says it's not used of people.
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>thin (e.g. of an object, color)</gloss>
+<gloss>thin (of an object, line, etc.)</gloss>
    • A* 2025-06-16 15:07:10 Sean McBroom (id#2342418)
    • Comments
      Not only of an object. Could be many things like flavor or thickness of a line.
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>thin (of an object)</gloss>
+<gloss>thin (e.g. of an object, color)</gloss>
    • A 2023-10-03 00:48:41 Jim Breen (id#2279092)
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