薄

うす

Meanings

1. Prefix light (e.g color, fabric); faint; pale; dim; thin See also: 薄緑 (うすみどり).
2. somehow; kind of; in some way See also: 薄気味悪い (うすきみわるい).
3. Suffix scarce; slim; few; little; short of ...; barely (after a noun) See also: 手薄 (てうす).

Kanji

• 薄 thin. Read as うす.

Example sentences

• だから今は降参ね。他にもまだ調べてはみるけど・・・期待薄だと思う。
  Therefore I'm giving up for now. I'll still try to check out other possibilities but ... I think hopes are slim.

Words containing 薄

• 薄い (うすい) thin (of an object)
• 薄め (うすめ) thinnish
• 薄れる (うすれる) to fade

And 115 more.

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