希薄

きはく

Also written 稀薄

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population); rarefied
2. lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)

Kanji

• 希 hope. Read as キ.
• 薄 thin. Read as ハク.

Example sentences

• 高く上がれば上がるほど空気は希薄になる。
  The higher we go up, thinner the air becomes.
• 高く登るにつれて、空気は希薄になる。
  As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
• 高山では空気が希薄になる。
  The air is rarefied on high mountains.
• 今日オゾン層は希薄になりつつある。
  Today the ozone layer is thinning.

Words containing 希薄

• 希薄燃焼 (きはくねんしょう) lean burn

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