細ほそい

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 腕うでが細ほそいto have thin/slender arms

  彼かの女じょは腕うでが細ほそくて、力ちからが弱よわそうに見みえる。

  Her arms are thin, so she looks like she has little strength.

• 声こえが細ほそいto have a thin, weak voice

  電でん話わの向むこうから細ほそい声こえが聞きこえた。

  A thin voice came from the other end of the phone.

• 目めが細ほそいto have narrow eyes

  彼かれは目めが細ほそくて笑わらうとほとんど見みえなくなる。

  His eyes are narrow, and when he smiles they almost disappear.

Expressions

• 細ほそい字じslender character; thin handwriting
• 細ほそい糸いとfine thread; thin thread
• 線せんが細ほそいsensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
• 食しょくが細ほそいhaving a small appetite; eating only a little
• 神しん経けいが細ほそいoversensitive; thin-skinned; high-strung
• 目めを細ほそくするsquint; narrow one's eyes · smile warmly; look fondly