薄らぐ|うすらぐusuragu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto become thin; to fade; to grow pale
    時ときが経たつにつれて、悲かなしみは薄うすらぐ。↗
    As time goes on, grief fades away.
Conjugation
Dictionary form薄らぐ(うすらぐ)
Polite (masu)薄らぎます(うすらぎます)
Negative (nai)薄らがない(うすらがない)
polite (masen)薄らぎません(うすらぎません)
classical zu / nu薄らがず・薄らがぬ(うすらがず・うすらがぬ)
Past (ta)薄らいだ(うすらいだ)
polite (mashita)薄らぎました(うすらぎました)
Past negative (nakatta)薄らがなかった(うすらがなかった)
polite (masen deshita)薄らぎませんでした(うすらぎませんでした)
Te form薄らいで(うすらいで)
Potential薄らげる(うすらげる)
Passive薄らがれる(うすらがれる)
Causative薄らがせる(うすらがせる)
Causative passive薄らがせられる・薄らがされる(うすらがせられる・うすらがされる)
Conditional (ba)薄らげば(うすらげば)
tara薄らいだら(うすらいだら)
Volitional薄らごう(うすらごう)
polite (mashou)薄らぎましょう(うすらぎましょう)
Imperative薄らげ(うすらげ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym薄れるうすれるNeutralAlmost interchangeable with 「薄らぐ」; leans toward impressions, memories and interest slowly fading. Slightly more common.
  • Synonym褪せるあせるNeutralAlso fading, but stresses colour deteriorating or memory weakening; shorter than 「色褪せる」.
  • Synonym和らぐやわらぐNeutralPain, tension or the atmosphere softening; about how things feel, not colour growing lighter.
  • Synonym色褪せるいろあせるNeutralFading of colour, or of memories losing their vividness; more colour-oriented than 「薄らぐ」.
  • Related移ろううつろうWrittenWritten/formal prose: things changing as time passes, with a sense of impermanence.
  • Antonym強まるつよまるNeutralAntonym of 「薄らぐ」: momentum or intensity building rather than weakening.
  • Antonym濃くなるNeutralAntonym of 「薄らぐ」: colours and flavours deepening rather than gradually fading.

Use 「薄らぐ」 when colour, concentration or feeling gradually fades, as in 「痛みが薄らぐ」 or 「関心が薄らぐ」; 「薄れる」 is a near-equivalent. When colour fades, say 「色褪せる」. The opposite is 「強まる」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 厚あつさや濃こさが減へって、だんだん薄うすくなっていく。
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