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    3. 希薄

    希薄

    希き薄はく

    thin (air)

    KMT8News #15+1Noun, AdjectiveScience & MathKanji Vocab23 strokes

    稀薄

    きはく

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    thin (air), weak (liquid), dilute, sparse (population), rarefied
    2.
    lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.), insubstantial, deficient, tenuous (link)

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    高こう山ざんでは空くう気きが希き薄はくになる。

    The air becomes thin in high mountains.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentScience & Math
    この地ち域いきの人じん口こうは非ひ常じょうに希き薄はくだ。

    The population in this region is very sparse.

    KMT8Daily LifeNature & Environment
    宇う宙ちゅう空くう間かんは極きわめて希き薄はくなガスで満みたされている。

    Outer space is filled with extremely rarefied gas.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment
    希き薄はくな溶よう液えきでは、化か学がく反はんの応うの速そく度どがおそくなることがある。

    In dilute solutions, the speed of chemical reactions can sometimes slow down.

    KMT8Science & Math
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、人にん間げん関かん係けいが希き薄はくになりがちだと言いわれている。

    It is said that human relationships tend to become tenuous in modern society.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    希
    まれ・こいねが.う…(4)
    hope・beg・request・pray・beseech…(5)
    薄
    うす.い・うす-・-うす・うす.める・うす.まる・うす.らぐ…(4)
    dilute・thin・weak (tea)・pampas grass
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