Keyword
thin
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig1463
Readings
ほそ
(42%)
さい
(32%)
こま
(15%)
ぼそ
(5%)
ざい
(3%)
Composed of
thread
rice field
Used in vocabulary (527 in total)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
trivial; slight
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
long and narrow
small; fine; detailed; stingy
trifles; minor details
to make narrow
narrow; thin (sized); slender
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
details; particulars
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
bacterium; bacteria; germ
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
detailed; minute
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
trifles; minor details
detail; details
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to narrow (e.g. eyes)
details; particulars
narrow path; narrow lane
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
particulars; details; specified items
to get thin; to taper off
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
fine thread; hempen cord; slender; narrow; narrowness
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
thinnish; somewhat narrow
capillary vessel; capillary
details; particulars; detailed; minute; detailed statement
long and thin
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
to smile with one's whole face; to squint
thin; slender
handiwork; ware
fine; minute; detailed; meticulous; precise
insignificant; trifling; paltry; cottage (industry); tiny (company)
thin man with well-defined musculature
craftsman; artisan
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
detailed instructions
attentive to detail; meticulous in one's work
detailed; minute; articulate
articles made out of paper (by hand); paperware
dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)
detailed knowledge; finely detailed
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
to hammer out the details; to work out details
fine (mesh, fabric texture)
eating only a little; having a small appetite
slender hips; slim waist
bacteriological weapon
small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise
detailed; minute
narrow eyes; fine texture
bamboo work; bamboo ware
detailed statement; detailed account; minute description; specifications; list of particulars
to go into the minutest details
small piece; fragment; chip; splinter; strip; shred
hempen cord; rope
inside the cell; intracellular
light snow fall; small snow flakes
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
mother-of-pearl inlay
detailed; minute; articulate
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly
small type or handwriting
great and small; in detail; all
ventricular fibrillation
minute; meticulous
sparsely eating; having a small appetite
leathercraft; leatherwork
drizzle; misty rain
subdivision (into small parts)
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
(visual) scrutiny; close inspection; detailed map; detailed guide; guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
(open) a little; slightly; narrowly; (cut) finely; thinly
germ cell; reproductive cell
cellular membrane
nucleus; cell nucleus
high-definition; high-resolution
fine brush or pencil; small or fine handwriting
streamlet; brooklet; rivulet
woodwork; woodworking
T cell; T lymphocyte
by-laws; detailed regulations
the poor; paupers
trifle; minor detail
induced pluripotent stem cell; iPS cell
hempen cord; rope
enteric bacteria; intestinal bacteria
carving with a knife; handiwork done with a knife; cheap trick; simple trickery; petty stratagem
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
handiwork; ware
sundry; various; assorted
hematopoietic stem cell; haematopoietic stem cell
rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)
to go into the minutest details
small-boned; thin-boned; slender; slight
handiwork; handicraft; homemade
minute; meager; meagre; mean
capillary tube; capillary
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
bacterial; bacillary
archaea; archaebacteria
hepatocyte; liver cell
detailed; minute
large and small matters; particulars; details; greatness and smallness; circumstances
atrial fibrillation; auricular fibrillation
seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye
small tube; pipette; tubule
fibrillation
muscle cell; muscle cells
hyperfine; ultrafine; nanoscale; nano-; micro-
tapering toward the end
pieces of meat (often sold in a pack); shaved meat
slender character
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
sundry; various; assorted
large-scale map; detailed map
STAP cell (proposed but disproven type of pluripotency cell); stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cell
ultrastructure; ultra-structure; microstructure; fine structure
having delicate feelings; sensitive
seeming to be for a certain reason; seeming to indicate there are special circumstances; seeming to indicate there is more than meets the eye
subdivision
photoreceptor cell
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
pheochromocytoma; phaeochromocytoma
natural killer cell; NK cell
mast cell; mastocyte
itemized account; itemised account
cone cell; pyramidal cell
cherry bark work; cherry bark art
detailed discussion
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
detailed explanation
guide to the Yoshiwara red light district
to lose weight; to become thin
to lose one's appetite
minute; very fine; annoying; complicated; very detailed; elaborate
leathercraft; leatherwork
small; little
shredding; chopping up; pulping
details when I see you
rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.)
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
pore; small cavity; puncture
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
seminiferous tubule
ice crystals; diamond dust
B cell; B lymphocyte
shigellosis; bacillary dysentery
fine grain; fine granule; microsphere
biological warfare; bacteriological warfare; germ warfare
narrow-waisted; red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
straw work; straw craft
thinly made; slight build or stature
thinnish; somewhat narrow
shamisen with a thin neck
slit; interstice; narrow aperture
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
STAP cell (proposed but disproven type of pluripotency cell); stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cell
mother cell; metrocyte
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
workshop; Heian and Kamakura-period furniture workshop (established in temples and various government bodies); Edo period office which administered tenders for arms, armor, etc.
chopping finely; slicing up finely; something chopped up finely
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
having a narrow mouth (of a bottle, etc.); topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva); (arch.) barracuda
leatherworker; leathercrafter
article of tortoise shell; tortoiseshell work
narrow kimono sash; narrow obi
spermatid; sperm cell
glial cell; glia; neuroglia
being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle; (arch.) mallet
subsistence farming
intestinal flora; enterobacterial flora
don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work
minute; minuscule
minutely; in detail
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
small; little; fine; (arch.) fine pattern
Purkinje cell; Purkinje neuron
patent description; patent specifications
cell-mediated immunity; cellular immunity
renal cell carcinoma; cancerous kidney tumor
sundry; various; assorted
pinstriped (e.g. suit)
reef knot; flat knot; square knot
fine writing
small fish; fry
small; little
small; little
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
small; little; (arch.) fine pattern; pebble
small; little; fine; pebble
pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
sundry; various; assorted
small (fish) scale; small fish
carrion crow (Corvus corone)
cherry bark work; cherry bark art
minute; very fine; annoying; complicated; very detailed; elaborate
straw work; straw craft
minutely; in detail
leatherworker; leathercrafter
northern flicker (species of bird, incl. the yellow-shafted flicker and the red-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus)
Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum)
relief work; embossing
medium-fine (thickness of string, noodles, pencil lead, etc.); medium pointed (e.g. pen)
slight flaw
lightfaced (type)
minutely; finely
fine particle fraction
there is no problem; there is no need to go into details
there is no problem; there is no need to go into details
helper cell; helper T cell
informal kasaya worn primarily by adherents of Pure Land Buddhism
red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)
somatic cell division (i.e. mitosis)
switch (long, young branch)
small water spring
short bamboo; small bamboo
short bamboo; small bamboo
trickling brook
high-definition television; HDTV
single crochet; SC
spider; spider silk
sulfur-reducing bacteria
bacterial virus (i.e. a bacteriophage)
project specifications; specs
cnidoblast; nematocyte
interstitial cell
satellite cell (glial); amphicyte
waisted drum; hourglass drum
microlith (small stone tool)
electrical cardioversion; electrical defibrillation
thinly made noodles; thin-pulled noodles
cutouts (of coloured paper)
cutouts (of coloured paper)
choanocyte; collar cell
Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)
ameloblast; tooth enamel depositing cell
efferent neuron; efferent nerve; output cell; output neuron
Enterobacteriaceae (family of bacteria)
blue-green bacterium; cyanobacteria; cyanobacterium
purple sulfur bacteria; purple sulphur bacteria
facultative bacteria; facultative anaerobic bacteria; facultative anaerobe
putrefactive bacteria; putrefying bacteria; putrid bacteria; saprogen
Betz cell; primary motor cortex neuron
shredder; chopper
cell adhesion; cellular adhesion; dyshesion
fletcher; fletching
metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
cytotoxin; cellular poison
interstitial cell; stromal cell
myxobacteria; slime bacteria
job description; job specification
thermophile; thermophilic bacteria
natural killer cell; NK cell
detailed annotation; full annotation; annotation in small type
detailed annotation; full annotation; annotation in small type
spinocellular carcinoma; squamous-cell carcinoma; prickle cell carcinoma
natural killer T-cell; NKT cell
spy; secret agent; ninja
Umbonium costatum (species of sea snail)
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor
Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)
Japanese false cerith (Batillaria cumingii)
Kyushu maple (Acer capillipes); red snakebark maple
perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne); English ryegrass; winter ryegrass
Examples (69 in total)
Let's arrange the details later.
A fine rain was falling.
You should cut the meat into small pieces before eating it.