厚い
あつい
hepburn atsui
thick (objects)
Part of speech · i-adjective
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Examples
- この辞書は厚いです。This dictionary is thick.
- 冬は厚い服を着ます。In winter I wear thick clothes.
Collocations
厚い本 (thick book)厚い服 (thick clothes)厚さ (thickness, noun)分厚い (very thick)薄い (usui-thin, opposite)
Mnemonic
厚い atsui-thick — i-adjective for THICKNESS (books, clothes, sliced things). Same Hepburn as 暑い (weather hot) and 熱い (object hot) but separate slug under v1.1 A-2. Opposite: 薄い usui-thin (batch 8). The kanji 厚 also abstract: 友情が厚い (deep friendship).
Quick check
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