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厚さ (あつさ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

厚あつさ

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Common wordJLPTN1

Meanings

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noun

Refers to the physical thickness of an object, often used in measurements or descriptions.

この板いたの厚あつさは3センチです。
The thickness of this board is 3 centimeters.
氷こおりの厚あつさを測はかってください。
Please measure the thickness of the ice.

Kanji

厚thick, heavy, rich

Similar words

太ふとさ
太さ refers to thickness in the sense of girth or diameter (e.g., of a rope or tree trunk), while 厚さ refers to thickness as a dimension of flat objects.
薄うすさ
薄さ is the antonym, meaning thinness.

Etymology

Derived from the adjective 厚い (あつい, thick) with the nominalizing suffix さ, which converts adjectives into nouns expressing degree.