浅い|あさいasai[0]heiban (flat)

1. i-adjectiveshallow; superficial
   この川かわはあそこで浅あさくなっている。↗

   This river becomes shallow at that point.
2. i-adjectiveslight (wound); light (sleep); pale (colour); inadequate (knowledge)
3. i-adjectiveshort (time); early; young

• Synonym薄っぺらうすっぺらCasualColloquial. For things that are flimsy and cheap, or people who are shallow, as in 「薄っぺらな人間」.
• Synonym皮相ひそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. For judging things only on the surface, as in 「皮相な見方」; used to criticize opinions.
• Synonym外面的がいめんてきWrittenWritten/formal prose. Describes what is outward or on the surface only, as in 「外面的な美しさ」.
• Synonym浅薄せんぱくWrittenWritten/formal prose. For shallow learning or thought, as in 「浅薄な知識」.
• Related通り一遍とおりいっぺんNeutralNeutral. For doing something perfunctorily, just going through the motions, as in 「通り一遍の挨拶」.
• Antonym深いふかいNeutralThe direct opposite of 「浅い」: deep, as in 「深い川」 or 「深い考え」.

Default to 「浅い」. In speech, 「薄っぺら」 for shallow people or flimsy things; in writing, 「浅薄」 for shallow knowledge, 「皮相」 for surface-level views. Use 「外面的」 for the merely outward, 「通り一遍」 for perfunctory gestures, 「深い」 for the opposite.

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1. 表面ひょうめんから底面ていめんまでの距離きょりが短みじかい。入り口いりぐちから奥おくまでの距離きょりが短みじかい。
2. 考かんがえがたりない。
3. 色いろがうすい。
4. 疎遠そえんだ。関かかわりが小ちいさい。
5. 程度ていどが弱よわい。量りょうが少すくない。
6. 時間じかんや日数にっすうがあまり経過けいかしていない。