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[ほそ()·]
hosoi
i adjective

English Meaning(s) for 細い

i adjective
  1. thin; slender; fine
  2. unlucky (billiards slang)

Definition and Synonyms for 細い

Lean lacking excess flesh
Synonyms: ペラペラ, 痩せぎす, か細い, 細い, 細い, 薄い, 薄っぺら, 薄っぺらい
Slight being of delicate or slender build
Synonyms: スリム, 山車, か細い, 細い, 細い, 華奢, 華奢
Small (of a voice) faint
Synonyms: ちっこい, ちっちゃい, 小さい, 小ちゃい, 細い, 細い
Fine of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles
Synonyms: ささやか, 微細, きめ細か, きめ細かい, 細い, 細い, 細か, 細かい, 細やか
Thin of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Synonyms: ペラペラ, 細い, 細い, 薄い, 薄っぺら, 薄っぺらい
Fine thin in thickness or diameter
Synonyms: ささやか, 微細, 細い, 細い, 細か, 細かい, 細やか, 繊細
Tenuous very thin in gauge or diameter
Synonyms: 細い, 細い
Narrow not wide
Synonyms: せせこましい, 所狭い, 手狭, 狭い, 狭小, 狭窄, 狭隘, 細い, 細い, 細め, 細める, 細目, 細目
Slender very narrow
Synonyms: 細い, 細い, 細長い, 長っ細い, 長細い
Thinness the property of being very narrow or thin
Synonyms: 細い, 細い, 美しい, 美しさ
Tenuity relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
Synonyms: 細い, 細い, 薄い

Meanings for each kanji in 細い

» dainty; get thin; taper; slender; narrow

Categories 細い is a member of

Narrowness the property of being narrow
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Dimension the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 細い

Conjugations for 細い

Adjective stem
[ほそ()]
hoso
te-form
[ほそ()··]
hosokute
Negative te-form
[ほそ()····]
hosokunakute
Adverbial Form
[ほそ()·]
hosoku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[ほそ()·]
hosoi
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ほそ()···]
hosokunai
Past Indicative Form
[ほそ()···]
hosokatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[ほそ()·····]
hosokunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[ほそ()···]
hosokereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ほそ()·····]
hosokunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[ほそ()····]
hosokunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[ほそ()····]
hosokattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[ほそ()······]
hosokunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[ほそ()·]
hososa

Sample Sentences for 細い

It's more polite to say thin than skinny.
Love me lithe, love me long.
My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!
This connection is too slow for me to watch movies.
Love me little, love me long.

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