疎

Meaning

疎 centers on a lack of closeness or density: being alienated or shunned, neglecting ties, or something sparse and rough. The penetrate sense is a less common extension of passing through a sparse or loosely connected space.

• 過疎かそ
  N1

  underpopulation; low population density; depopulation

• 疎かおろか

  not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ...

• 疎通そつう
  N1

  (mutual) understanding; communication

• 疎いうとい

  distant (from someone); aloof; estranged

• 疎遠そえん
  N1

  estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

• 疎開そかい

  evacuation (to the country)

• 疎外そがい
  N1

  alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding; giving the cold shoulder

• 疎かおろそか
  N2

  negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

• 疎らまばら
  N1

  sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

• 疎むうとむ

  to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

• 疎おろ

  incompletely; insufficiently; partially; somewhat

• 疎そ

  sparse

• 疎水そすい

  canal; drainage

• 疎ましいうとましい

  disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

• 空疎くうそ

  empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

• 意思疎通いしそつう

  (reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding

• 世事に疎いせじにうとい

  inexperienced; unrealistic; knowing but little of the world

• 人間疎外にんげんそがい

  dehumanization; dehumanisation

• 共同疎開きょうどうそかい

  community evacuation

• 内疎外親ないそがいしん

  superficially cordial but actually uninterested

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