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厚い (あつい, atsui) Japanese meaning: thick | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N5 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 厚い · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 厚あつ い 厚あつ くない Polite 厚あつ いです 厚あつ くないです also 厚あつ くありません Past polite 厚あつ かったです 厚あつ くなかったです also 厚あつ くありませんでした Past 厚あつ かった 厚あつ くなかった Te-form 厚あつ くて 厚あつ くなくて Adverbial 厚あつ く Conditional 厚あつ ければ 厚あつ くなければ Tara conditional 厚あつ かったら 厚あつ くなかったら
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Meanings Jump to a sense… 1. thick; deep; heavy 2. kind; warm; hospitable 3. deep; strong; faithful; devout 4. serious; grave 5. abundant; substantial; deep Report an issue with this page
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This coat has thick fabric.
Heavy clouds are covering the mountains.
Usage patterns 厚あつ い 本ほん a thick book
This dictionary is a very thick book.
厚あつ くもてなす to treat someone with warm hospitality
They gave the guests a warm, hospitable welcome.
〈 事こと 〉 への 信しん 頼らい が 厚あつ い to have deep trust in something
He has deep trust from his colleagues.
人じん 材ざい が 厚あつ い to have abundant talent or personnel
This team has a deep pool of talent.
厚あつ い 雲くも thick clouds
Thick clouds spread across the sky.
Expressions· 8 厚あつ い 壁かべ hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle 下した に 厚あつ く more generously for the lower-paid 層そう が 厚あつ い deep pool of talent; broad base; thick-layered 情じょう に 厚あつ い compassionate; sympathetic; warm-hearted Show 3 more Related words 手厚い emphasizes generous, careful treatment or support, while 厚い alone can describe warmth of feeling more broadly.
分厚い is a stronger, more emphatic way to say something is thick, often used for very thick books or objects compared to plain 厚い.
Opposites 薄い means thin or sparse, the direct opposite of 厚い when describing physical thickness or the strength of trust and support.
厚い describes something thick, the opposite of ぺらぺら, which describes paper or cloth that is thin and flimsy.
Don't confuse with· 5 暑い is a homophone meaning hot weather or air temperature, unrelated to 厚い's meaning of thickness or warmth of feeling.
熱い is a homophone meaning physically hot to the touch or emotionally passionate, distinct from 厚い's sense of thickness or deep trust.
重い is the ordinary word for heavy or serious, while 厚い in its formal 'serious illness' sense overlaps but is more literary.
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thick; bulky; massive; heavy
thickness; bulk · depth; profundity · thickness (Go); strong wall of stones
warm; kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
Written forms 厚あつ い Usage 90%
Standard common spelling for physical thickness, depth or strength of feeling, and abundance. Do not confuse it with 暑い or 熱い, also read あつい.
あつい Usage 7%
篤あつ い Usage 3%
Used for deep sincerity, devotion, or a grave illness. It is less broadly used than 厚い and often appears in set collocations such as 信仰が篤い and 病が篤い.
Etymology A native Japanese adjective read あつい. The spelling 厚い is conventionally associated with thickness, depth, and generous abundance, while 篤い is used for deep sincerity or grave illness; this is spelling guidance rather than a claim about the word's historical origin.
厚い means physically thick (e.g. a thick book), while 厚かましい, despite sharing the kanji 厚, describes shameless or presumptuous behavior.
厚い describes the thickness of flat objects like books or walls, while 太い describes cylindrical or linear thickness such as arms or ropes.
attus; elm bark cloth; Ainu traditional bark textile
Show 17 more impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
thick soles; thick-soled footwear
thick; heavy
cardboard; thick paper
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
somewhat thick; on the thick side
thick makeup; heavy makeup
thickness
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
thick; dense
thick (paper, etc.)
thick cloth; heavy fabric
thick board; plank · steel plate (≥3 mm thick) · heavy brocade cloth · Elaphoglossum yoshinagae (fern)
thick Japanese paper; vellum paper
thick hide; shamelessness
stone hand mill
thick (fabric, cloth)
