疎 – vocab dash

Keyword

sparse

alienate
rough
neglect
shun
penetrate

Frequency: #1572
Strokes: 12
Grade: 8
JLPT (old): N1
Heisig: 1797

Readings

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Mnemonic

A plumber in a Mario cap won't stop stomping, smashing every bundle of firewood and mushroom in sight, until the forest around the castle is sparse.

Stroke order

Composed of

乛Mario cap 止stop 束bundle

Used in vocabulary

過か疎そ

underpopulation; low population density; depopulation

Noun

意い思し疎そ通つう

(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding

Noun

疎そ開かい

evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal

Noun

疎そ通つう

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

Noun

疎おろか

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ...

Expression

疎そ遠えん

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

Noun

疎おろそか

negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

Na-adjective

疎まばら

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

Na-adjective

疎そ外がい

alienation; estrangement; leaving (someone) out; casting out; cutting off; avoiding; giving the cold shoulder

Noun

疎覚うろおぼえ

faint memory; vague memory; dim memory; vague recollection

Noun

疎うとい

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of); unfamiliar (with); unacquainted (with)

I-adjective

疎そ

sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

Na-adjective

疎おろ

incompletely; insufficiently; partially; somewhat

Prefix

空くう疎そ

empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

Na-adjective

疎そ水すい

canal; drainage; hydrophobic

Noun

疎そ略りゃく

coarse; crude; rough

Na-adjective

疎うとましい

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

I-adjective

疎そ林りん

sparse woods

Noun

疎そ放ほう

rough; careless; reckless; slovenly

Na-adjective

疎うとむ

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

Godan verb