JLPT N5 · い-adjective

薄い (usui)

薄い (うすい, usui) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “thin (of an object)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: うすい
Romaji: usui
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

thin (of an object) · い-adjective
pale; light; faint · い-adjective
watery; thin; diluted · い-adjective
weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.); not much (of a presence) · い-adjective
slim (probability, etc.); small · い-adjective

Example sentences

肉を薄く切りなさい。

Cut the meat into thin slices.

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彼はうすい青色のネクタイをしていた。

He wore a light blue tie.

Tatoeba #114339

薄い砂糖水を作った。

I prepared a weak solution of sugar and water.

Tatoeba #228272

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 薄い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	薄い	うすい usui
Negative	薄くない	うすくない usukunai
Past	薄かった	うすかった usukatta
Negative past	薄くなかった	うすくなかった usukunakatta
Te-form	薄くて	うすくて usukute
Adverb (~ku)	薄く	うすく usuku
Conditional (~ba)	薄ければ	うすければ usukereba

Kanji in 薄い

薄

dilute, thin, weak (tea)ハク・うす.い・うす- · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 薄い.

薄暗いうすぐらいdim薄めるうすめるto dilute薄弱はくじゃくfeebleness

Source: JMdict entry 1475480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.