Define usu usu うすうす Meaning ウス・ウス

うすうす【薄々・薄薄】

(Adverb)

1. Thinly; Slightly; Vaguely; A little

ある【有る・在る】

(Common Godan verb, intransitive)

1. To be (usu. of inanimate objects); To exist; To live
   — Word usually written using kana alone

2. To have
   — Word usually written using kana alone

3. To be located
   — Word usually written using kana alone

4. To be equipped with
   — Word usually written using kana alone

5. To happen; To come about
   — Word usually written using kana alone

かえりみる【顧みる・省みる・顧る】

(Common Ichidan verb, transitive)

1. To look back (e.g. over shoulder or at the past); To turn around

2. To reflect on the past; To reconsider; To review

3. To reflect on oneself; To introspect; To contemplate oneself

4. To consider (usu. used in negative); To concern oneself about; To pay attention to; To take into consideration

やきそば【焼きそば・焼そば・焼き蕎麦】

(Common Noun)

1. Yakisoba (similar to chow mein); Fried noodles, usu. with with vegetables and meat

たてふだ【立て札・立札】

(Common Noun)

1. Bulletin board; Notice board; Billboard; Roadside sign; Sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.

のり・ノリ【海苔】

(Common Noun)

1. Nori (edible seaweed, esp. species Porphyra tenera and others of genus Porphyra, usu. dried and pressed into sheets); Laver
   — Word usually written using kana alone

みそ【味噌】

(Common Noun)

1. Miso; Fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans

2. Innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso

3. Key (main) point; Good part (of something)

4. Weakling; Weak person
   — Derogatory

くう【食う・喰う・啖う】

(Common Godan verb, transitive)

1. To eat
   — Male term or language

2. To live; To make a living; To survive

3. To bite; To sting (as insects do)

4. To tease; To torment; To taunt; To make light of; To make fun of

5. To encroach on; To eat into; To consume

6. To defeat a superior; To threaten a position

7. To consume time and-or resources

8. To receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
   — Colloquialism

9. To have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
   — Male term or language / Vulgar expression or word

ほす【干す・乾す】

(Common Godan verb, transitive)

1. To air; To dry; To desiccate

2. To drain (off)

3. To drink up

4. To deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

おちゃ【お茶・御茶】

(Common Noun)

1. Tea (usu. green)
   — Polite (teineigo) language

2. Tea break (at work)

3. Tea ceremony

おきる【起きる】

(Common Ichidan verb, intransitive)

1. To get up; To rise; To blaze up (fire)

2. To wake up; To be awake; To stay awake

3. To occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); To happen; To take place

およぶ【及ぶ】

(Common Godan verb, intransitive)

1. To reach; To amount to; To befall; To happen to; To extend

2. To be up to the task; To come up to

3. To compare with; To be a match (for)

4. To commit (a crime)

5. To require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)

ざぜん【座禅・坐禅】

(Common Noun)

1. Zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

しまつ【始末・仕末】

(Common Noun)

1. Management; Dealing; Settlement

2. Cleaning up; Getting rid of

3. Economizing; Economising; Being thrifty

4. End result (usu. bad)

めぐる【巡る・回る・廻る】

(Common Godan verb, intransitive)

1. To go around
   — Word usually written using kana alone

2. To return
   — Word usually written using kana alone

3. To surround
   — Word usually written using kana alone

4. To concern (usu. of disputes)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

ここち【心地】

(Common Noun)

1. Feeling; Sensation; Mood

(Common Suffix)

2. Sensation of doing (usu. after -masu stem of verb)

おなじ・おんなじ【同じ】

(Common Noun)

1. Same; Identical; Equal; Uniform; Equivalent; Similar; Common (origin); Changeless; Alike

(Common Adverb)

2. (Usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; Anyhow; In either case

ねんど【年度】

(Common Noun)

1. Fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); Financial year

2. Academic year; School year

3. Product year

はいく【俳句】

(Common Noun)

1. Haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

ほんぞん【本尊】

(Noun)

1. Principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); Principal image; Idol

2. The man himself; The person at the heart of the matter
   — Jocular, humorous term

ようし【養子】

(Common Noun)

1. Adopted child (usu. male); Son-in-law

こんぶ・コンブ・こぶ【昆布・恨布】

(Common Noun)

1. Kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); Konbu; Kelp; Any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

したまち【下町】

(Common Noun)

1. Low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)

2. Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

かいだん【会談】

(Common Noun)

1. Conversation; Conference (usu. between important people); Discussion; Interview