JLPT N5 · い-adjective

細い (hosoi)

細い (ほそい, hosoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “thin; slender”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほそい
Romaji: hosoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

thin; slender; fine · い-adjective
unlucky · い-adjective · slang · billiards slang

Example sentences

彼は太っているくせに声は細い。

His voice is thin even though he is fat.

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

Conjugation of 細い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	細い	ほそい hosoi
Negative	細くない	ほそくない hosokunai
Past	細かった	ほそかった hosokatta
Negative past	細くなかった	ほそくなかった hosokunakatta
Te-form	細くて	ほそくて hosokute
Adverb (~ku)	細く	ほそく hosoku
Conditional (~ba)	細ければ	ほそければ hosokereba

Kanji in 細い

細

dainty, get thin, taperサイ・ほそ.い・ほそ.る · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 細い.

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Source: JMdict entry 1295510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.