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jmdict 1835410 Active (id: 2224291)
痩躯
そうく
1. [n,adj-no]
▶ lean figure
▶ slender figure
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2031990 長身痩躯 1. tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure



History:
5. A 2023-03-10 21:10:00  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13,2 +13 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1835350">痩身・そうしん・1</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2031990">長身痩躯・ちょうしんそうく</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2031990">長身痩躯</xref>
4. A 2023-03-09 05:32:59  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2023-03-09 05:16:36  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://www.gunjieigo.com/四字熟語/「た」行の四字熟語/「ち」ではじまる四字熟語/長身痩躯/

Tall and slender person.
【山本賢の英訳解説】
“長身” means “Tall person.” “痩躯” means “Slender person.”

「痩躯」と「痩身」の違いとは?分かりやすく解釈
https://meaning-difference.com/?p=27517
「痩躯」は単独で用いることは少なく「長身痩躯」と四字熟語に変えて使用していきます。
(among other extensive explanation)


痩身	476624
痩躯	5057	
長身痩躯	2833
  Comments:
Disconnecting the sense of this term from the xref.  "slim" has a strong "healthy" connotation, which this term seems to lack, and "slim" is also by far the most common gloss for the xref.

We could put 100 synonyms for "thin" on this gloss, but it doesn't seem like "slim" has any special association with this term.

This isn't quite [rare], perhaps, but it is quite uncommon.  It is not in sankoku.  More than half of its uses are in the 4-character compound 長身痩躯 (a reference explicitly pointed this out, saying it's almost exclusively used in the 4-character-compound, but this seems like a little bit of an overstatement).
「痩躯」は単独で用いることは少なく「長身痩躯」と四字熟語に変えて使用していきます。

jmdict doesn't usually link 4-character-compound components back to the compound (燕雀 and 鴻鵠 do not point at 燕雀鴻鵠, even though that might be their primary use), but in this case the connotation of the person indicated by 痩躯 is often tied to that indicated by 長身痩躯, and 長身痩躯 might frequently be more useful to the person examining this entry.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2031990">長身痩躯・ちょうしんそうく</xref>
@@ -15 +16 @@
-<gloss>slim figure</gloss>
+<gloss>slender figure</gloss>
2. A 2016-12-15 09:24:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2016-12-14 20:54:57  Robin Scott
  Refs:
Daijr, Daijs, プログレッシブ和英中辞典
KM n-grams:
痩躯	381
痩躯の	150
痩身	3489
  Comments:
It's a noun so it makes sense to remove the parentheses.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,4 @@
-<gloss>lean (figure)</gloss>
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1835350">痩身・そうしん・1</xref>
+<gloss>lean figure</gloss>
+<gloss>slim figure</gloss>

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