Translation guide
The state of being extremely thin and weak, usually due to illness or lack of food. In Japanese, this is expressed through nouns, adjectives, and verbs that describe the condition or process of becoming emaciated.
Describing the condition of extreme thinness and weakness, often from illness or malnutrition.
General term for physical weakness and emaciation, often used in medical contexts.
彼は長い病気で衰弱している。
He is emaciated from a long illness.
Emphasizes the visible wasting away, combining thinness and decline.
飢餓でやせ衰えた人々。
People emaciated by famine.
A literary or technical term for extreme emaciation, rarely used in everyday speech.
削痩した体。
An emaciated body.
Describing the action or process of losing weight and strength to the point of emaciation.
Verb meaning to become physically weak and emaciated.
栄養不足で衰弱していく。
He is becoming emaciated due to malnutrition.
Verb emphasizing the visible wasting away process.
彼女は病気でやせ衰えた。
She became emaciated from illness.
Describing someone or something as emaciated.
Adjective meaning gaunt or emaciated, often used for faces or bodies.
やせこけた顔。
An emaciated face.
Idiomatic phrase meaning 'nothing but skin and bones', very emaciated.
その犬は骨と皮ばかりだった。
The dog was nothing but skin and bones.
The English word 'emaciation' is a noun, but in Japanese it is often more natural to use adjectives or verbs to describe the state or process. Using the noun form directly can sound overly clinical.