薄い本
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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薄 | 本 |
うす Grade: S | ほん Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
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うすい本 |
Etymology
Literally "thin book", due to the tendency for such books to have few pages.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) うすいほん [ùsúí hóꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝi hõ̞ɴ]
Noun
薄い本 • (usui hon)
- (slang, euphemistic) doujinshi, especially those with adult themes
- 2013, My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, season 1, episode 10, 12:27 from the start:
- でも、ハヤ×ハチは薄い本ならマストバイだよ!
- Demo, Haya×Hachi wa usui hon nara masutobai da yo!
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- でも、ハヤ×ハチは薄い本ならマストバイだよ!
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Hypernyms
- 同人誌 (dōjinshi)
Descendants
- Chinese:
- → Mandarin: 薄本 (bóběn)