Word · 単語
希薄
Reading きはく
thin (air)
- 1 thin (air), weak (liquid), dilute, sparse (population), rarefied
- 2 lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.), insubstantial, deficient, tenuous (link)
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例文 · examples
高山では空気が希薄になる。
The air is rarefied on high mountains.
sense 1 · thin (air)
コミュニケーションの方法が多種にわたって増加する一方で人間関係が希薄なものになりつつある。まさに本末転倒だ。
As all kinds of communication methods are proliferating, human relationships are weakening. This is a perfect example of mistaking means for ends.
sense 2 · lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.)
今日オゾン層は希薄になりつつある。
Today the ozone layer is thinning.
sense 1 · thin (air)
高く登るにつれて、空気は希薄になる。
As you go up higher, the air becomes thinner.
sense 1 · thin (air)
高く上がれば上がるほど空気は希薄になる。
The higher we go up, thinner the air becomes.
sense 1 · thin (air)