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Meaning of 細い(ほそい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 細い JLPT 5

Kana Reading ほそい

Romaji hosoi

マイクロファイバークロスは、髪の毛の１００分の１という細さの繊維で編みあげられたクロスです。

Microfibre cloth is cloth woven from fibres as narrow as a hundredth of the width of a hair.
まあまあなんて細い腰なの！お顔も小さくて、本当にお人形さんみたい！

My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!
ほっそい道にほとんどスピードを落とさず、走りこんだ。「近道なんですよ」「ってここ、あぜ道～～～っ！」

We sped into the narrow track, hardly dropping any speed. "It's a short cut!" "Oi! It's a footpath!!"
彼は本当にレスラーになりたいのだが、体が細すぎる。

He does want to be a wrestler, but he is too thin.
彼は太っているくせに声は細い。

His voice is thin even though he is fat.
彼は先の細い鉛筆を使う。

He uses a pencil with a fine point.

細 JLPT 2

11 strokes

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow

On'Yomi: サイ

Kun'Yomi: ほそ.い, ほそ.る, こま.か, こま.かい

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