SuGoiSuす語彙す窶
窶: become gaunt
become gaunt
16 strokesNames & literary · Rare kanji (1級 range)in 4 words here
Readings
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Kunやつる・やつれる
Kun-only: やつれる is to become gaunt from illness or worry; 身を窶す (みをやつす) is to disguise oneself as a humbler person.
Key words
窶れるやつれるto become haggard
窶れやつれhaggardness
身を窶すみをやつすto disguise oneself
面窶れおもやつれhaggard face
Example sentences
長い看病で、母はすっかり窶れてしまった。
My mother became completely worn out from the long nursing.
彼は旅の商人に身を窶して、敵の城に入り込んだ。
He disguised himself as a traveling merchant and slipped into the enemy castle.
久しぶりに会った友人は、面窶れして別人のようだった。
My friend, whom I met for the first time in ages, looked haggard, like a different person.