細い

細い

ほそい

Thin, slender, fine

N5i-adjective·hosoi

How to remember it

細 means "fine/thin"; picture a slender thread winding thin and delicate.

Example sentences

  • この鉛筆は細いです。

    このえんぴつはほそいです。

    This pencil is thin.

  • 彼女は細い指をしています。

    かのじょはほそいゆびをしています。

    She has slender fingers.

Usage

Describes slim objects, limbs, or fine threads; antonym is 太い (thick).

Related words

太い細かい細長い細い糸

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