Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8

get thin

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sickness yamaidare

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

slim figure; slender body
emaciation; severe weight loss
langur
achene; akene
poor village; desolated village
tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure
lean figure; slender figure

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to become thin; to lose weight
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny
thin leg
to be emaciated; to be nothing but skin and bones
losing weight; slimming
thin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin
skinny man; shabby-looking man
too thin; underweight
emaciation; emaciated body
skinny

Example sentences

He had a little piano on wheels, and a poor thin monkey which sat on top of it.

In order to lose weight you had better take up some sport.

I saw a woman with hollow cheeks.

It was a cat starved to skin and bones.