痩せる (やせる, yaseru) Japanese meaning: lose weight | KotomoraCommon word›JLPTN4›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000痩せる · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
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| Dictionary | 痩せる | 痩せない |
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| Polite | 痩せます | 痩せません |
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| Past polite | 痩せました | 痩せませんでした |
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| Past | 痩せた | 痩せなかった |
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| Te-form | 痩せて | 痩せないで |
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| Desire | 痩せたい | 痩せたくない |
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| Potential | 痩せられるalso 痩せれる | 痩せられないalso 痩せれない |
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| Passive | 痩せられる | 痩せられない |
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| Causative | 痩せさせる | 痩せさせない |
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| Causative passive | 痩せさせられる | 痩せさせられない |
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| Volitional | 痩せよう | |
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| Polite volitional | 痩せましょう | |
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| Imperative | 痩せろ | 痩せるな |
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| Conditional | 痩せれば | 痩せなければ |
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| Tara conditional | 痩せたら | 痩せなかったら |
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I feel like I've lost a little weight recently.
She became thin due to illness.
Usage patterns
〈数〉キロ痩せるto lose a certain number of kilograms
He lost three kilograms in a month.
土地が痩せるfor land/soil to become barren or infertile
The soil became infertile after years of farming.
〈事〉で痩せるto lose weight because of something (stress, illness, etc.)
I lost weight from worrying too much.
痩せて見えるto look thinner
Wearing that outfit makes you look thinner.
Expressions
痩せの大食いthin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin 痩せても枯れてもeven in hard times; no matter how down on one's luck
痩せ型
slender build; thin body type
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barren mountain; treeless mountain
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
