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Japanese word definition and usage
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浅いJLPT 4
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Kana Readingあさい
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Romajiasai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjective (keiyoushi)
- Meaning
- shallow; superficial
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Example Sentences
浅い, あさい used in context
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「まだ浅いね。足とどく」「結構遠浅だな。よつばもまだ足つくだろ」
It's still shallow, eh. My feet still touch the bottom. "It's quite a shallow beach. Yotsuba, you can still touch the bottom can't you?"
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初めて催眠に入る人の場合、とても浅い催眠状態から、覚醒してもらって、催眠状態と普通に覚醒した状態とを比べてもらうことがよくあります。
When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.
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I'm a light sleeper.
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He leaped over the shallow ditch.
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The stout man leaped over the shallow ditch and stumbled.
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The stream becomes shallower as you move upriver.
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