痩やせ男おとこ

noun

skinny man; shabby-looking man

Describes a man who is thin and often unkempt or worn-out in appearance. Can carry a slightly negative or pitiful nuance.

• あの痩やせ男おとこはいつも同おなじ服ふくを着きている。

  That skinny man always wears the same clothes.

• 痩やせ男おとこが路ろ地じに立たっていた。

  A shabby-looking man was standing in the alley.

noun

Noh mask of a male ghost

A specific Noh mask representing the spirit of a thin, suffering man. Used in classical Japanese theater.

• 能のう楽がくで使つかわれる痩やせ男おとこの面めんは、やつれた男だん性せいの幽ゆう霊れいを表あらわす。

  The 痩せ男 mask used in Noh theater represents the ghost of an emaciated man.