ホソ
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. fine thread; hempen cord
2. slender; narrow; weak
Suffix
3. narrowness
as ぼそ
Pitch accent
ホ
ソ
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
hempen cord; rope
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
slender face
fine thread
narrow path; narrow lane
thinnish; somewhat narrow
thin man with well-defined musculature
slender hips; slim waist
narrow eyes; half-open eyes; fine mesh; fine texture; tight weave
eating only a little; having a small appetite
small type or handwriting
twig; wand
rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)
fine brush or pencil; writing brush with a fine point
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
thin line
slender character
thin eyebrows
rootlet
green spring onion shoots
thinly made; slight build or stature
narrow kimono sash; narrow obi
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii); Beccari's monitor
emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus); green tree monitor
Japanese false cerith (Batillaria cumingii)
Kyushu maple (Acer capillipes); red snakebark maple
perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne); English ryegrass; winter ryegrass
Riptortus pedestris (species of broad-headed bug)
thinly made noodles; thin-pulled noodles
frugal customer; poor spender