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.
Describing the action or process of losing weight and strength to the point of emaciation.
Verb meaning to become physically weak and emaciated.
Describing someone or something as emaciated.
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.
General term for physical weakness and emaciation, often used in medical contexts.
He is emaciated from a long illness.
Emphasizes the visible wasting away, combining thinness and decline.
People emaciated by famine.
A literary or technical term for extreme emaciation, rarely used in everyday speech.
An emaciated body.
He is becoming emaciated due to malnutrition.
Verb emphasizing the visible wasting away process.
She became emaciated from illness.
Idiomatic phrase meaning 'nothing but skin and bones', very emaciated.
The dog was nothing but skin and bones.