やつれ

noun

emaciation; gauntness; haggardness

Describes a state of being thin and worn-out, often from illness, exhaustion, or hardship. Commonly used in expressions like やつれた顔 (haggard face).

• 彼かれのやつれた顔かおを見みて、心しん配ぱいになった。

  Seeing his haggard face, I became worried.

• 長ながい闘とう病びょう生せい活かつで、彼かの女じょはすっかりやつれてしまった。

  After a long illness, she became completely emaciated.