薄い本

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	本
うす Grade: S	ほん Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
うすい本

Etymology

Literally "thin book"(薄い (usui, “thin”) +‎ 本 (hon, “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(うす)い本(ほん) • (usui hon) 

1. (slang, euphemistic) doujinshi, especially those with adult themes
   • 2013, 12:27 from the start, in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, season 1, episode 10:

     でも、ハヤ×ハチは薄(うす)い本(ほん)ならマストバイだよ！

     Demo, Haya×Hachi wa usui hon nara masutobai da yo!

     But Haya×Hachi is a must-buy among doujinshi!

Hypernyms

• 同人誌(どうじんし) (dōjinshi)

Descendants

• → Mandarin: 薄本 (bóběn)