Definition of 山/meaning-of-薄い
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n, ctr) mountain; hill
あの高い山は筑波山です。
That high mountain is Mt. Tsukuba. - mine (e.g. coal mine)
それはお金の山をかき集めるために用いられた。
It was used for raking together heaps of money. - heap; pile
- (n) crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
うまくあの先生のやまを当てたわね。
You've sure got the teacher's number. - climax; peak; critical point
- guess; speculation
- criminal case; crime
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- (n-pref) wild
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (adj-i) thin
肉を薄く切りなさい。
Cut the meat into thin slices. - pale; light
彼はうすい青色のネクタイをしていた。
He wore a light blue tie. - watery; dilute; sparse
うすい砂糖水を作った。
I prepared a weak solution of sugar and water. - weak (taste, etc.)
コーヒーは薄いのが好きです。
I'd like my coffee weak. - slim (probability, etc.); small
私は成功の望みが薄い。
There is little hope of my success.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
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