Keyword
lose weight
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 2
Heisig1818
Old form瘦
Readings
や
(88%)
そう
(7%)
やせ
(2%)
Composed of
sickness
say humbly
once again
Used in vocabulary (45 in total)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to get too skinny
losing weight; slimming; lean person
slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
looking slender in clothing
lean figure; slender figure
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
too thin; underweight
to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones
too thin; underweight
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
lean figure; slender figure
scrawny horse
rapid weight loss; extreme thinning
skinny man; shabby-looking man; noh mask representing a male ghost
losing weight over the summer
weight-loss drug; slimming medicine; diet pill
thin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin
thin arm; meager income; meagre income
emaciation; severe weight loss
barren soil
barren soil
emaciation; emaciated body; emaciated
losing weight over the summer
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones
emaciation; emaciated body; emaciated
barren mountain
thin; slim; skinny; barren; infertile; sterile
poor village; desolated village
achene; akene; achenium
Examples (24 in total)
You're quite thin.
The soil around here is poor, so vegetables don't grow well.
Isn't it just that the land has become barren?