薄々

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
薄	薄
うす Grade: S	うす Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) うすうす [ùsúúsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Adverb edit

薄(うす)々(うす) • (usuusu)

vaguely, mildly, faintly (know of, feel, etc.)
うすうす感(かん)じる
usuusu kanjiru
to vaguely sense (something)

Synonyms edit

なんとなく (nantonaku)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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