スレンダー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Describes a person's figure or body shape as slim and graceful. Often used in fashion and beauty contexts.

いる

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She has a slender figure.

スレンダーなモデルがランウェイを歩あるいた。

A slender model walked down the runway.

スレンダーな体たい型けいa slender/slim body type
彼かの女じょはスレンダーな体たい型けいでモデルのようだ。
She has a slender figure, like a model's.
〈人ひと〉はスレンダーだsomeone is slim/slender
彼かれはとてもスレンダーだ。
He is very slender.
スレンダーになるto become slim/slender
ダイエットをしてスレンダーになりたい。
I want to go on a diet and become slender.

スリム
スリム and スレンダー both mean 'slim', but スレンダー often implies a taller, more graceful slimness while スリム is more neutral and can describe objects too.
ほっそりN1
ほっそり is a softer, more descriptive word for slenderness (often used with した or する), while スレンダー is a borrowed adjective used more in fashion contexts.
細ほそいN5
細い is a general word for 'thin' or 'narrow' that can describe anything, while スレンダー specifically praises a graceful, slim body shape.

ぽっちゃり
ぽっちゃり describes a plump, chubby figure, the opposite body type from スレンダー.
グラマー
スレンダー describes a slim, slender figure, the opposite of the full, curvaceous look implied by グラマー.

Loanword from English 'slender'.