Expressions 痩や せの 大おお 食ぐ い thin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin 痩や せても 枯か れても even in hard times; no matter how down on one's luck Kanji 瘠 get thin, lose weight, become sterile Related words 痩身 is a more formal, often clinical or advertising term for a slender body, while 痩せ is the everyday word for being thin or losing weight.
細身 describes a slim, narrow build in a neutral or flattering way, whereas 痩せ can sound plain or even slightly negative when used of a person.
Word family· 17 lose weight; become thin; slim down · become barren; become infertile; become impoverished (soil)
thin; slim; skinny · barren; infertile; sterile
barren soil; infertile soil
barren soil; infertile land
slender build; thin body type
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skinny man; shabby-looking man · Noh mask of a male ghost
emaciation; emaciated body · emaciated
thin legs; skinny shins
thin arm; skinny arm · meager income; small earnings
weight-loss drug; diet pill; slimming medicine
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Written forms やせ Usage 54%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 痩せ is also used but less common.
痩や せ Usage 46%
Kanji form; less common than kana, but still encountered.
瘠や せ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Noun form of the verb 痩せる (yaseru, 'to become thin'). The kanji 痩 is used for thinness or emaciation.
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