細い (ほそい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

細い (ほそい) means thin / slender / narrow.

See example sentences below.

細い at a glance

細い

ほそいhosoi

N5adj

thin / slender / narrow

細いほそいhosoiN5Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

thin / slender / narrow

Example 1

このペンはとてもほそいです。

Translation

This pen is very thin.

Example 2

ほそい道を気をつけて歩いてください。

Translation

Please be careful walking on the narrow road.