JMdictDB - Japanese Dictionary Database

Entries

Search | Advanced Search | New Entry | Submissions | Help
Login for registered editors
Username:
Password:
jmdict 2031990 Active (id: 2224201)
長身痩躯
ちょうしんそうく
1. [n] [yoji]
▶ tall and lean figure
▶ tall and slender figure
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 1835410 痩躯【そうく】 1. lean figure; slender figure



History:
4. A 2023-03-10 00:08:20  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not sure this is needed.
3. A* 2023-03-09 06:47:34  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Tall and slender person.
【山本賢の英訳解説】
“長身” means “Tall person.” “痩躯” means “Slender person.”


http://kimamalove.blog94.fc2.com/blog-entry-3663.html
Krause had imagined the owner of that lackadaisical voice to be tall and lean; apparently he was nothing of the sort.
クラウスはあのつっけんどんな声の持ち主は長身痩躯だろうと想像していたが、どうやらちがうらしい。

金髪、長身痩躯、妖艶な容貌、ハスキーな声
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/リリアン・タッシュマン
vs.
Tall, blonde, and slender with fox-like features and a throaty voice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilyan_Tashman
  Comments:
Aligning with update to 痩躯.
Gloss with a slightly more positive connotation.

Wasn't easy to verify with a real x-ref.  Searched 長身痩躯 on wikipedia, and looked for "tall" in English-xrefed articles.  Often applied to tall baseball players, but fairly non-specific.  Usually omitted entirely in English.  After that, usually glossed simply as "tall", as the slender bit is kind of implied and not-so-critical I guess.  Perhaps 長身痩躯 is just more efficient to throw around in Japanese. Interesting term.

And even though I dropped it from 長身, I also found "slim" as a gloss when describing a particular vampire's physique.  But really, I think the author has a wide berth to do what they want with this.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>tall and slender figure</gloss>
2. A 2014-08-25 02:22:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>
1. A 2005-03-05 00:00:00 
  Comments:
Entry created

View entry in alternate formats: jel | edict | jmdict xml | jmnedict xml | jmdictdb xml