- yaseta thin, slim, skinny; barren, infertile, sterile
Use for someone who has become thin, often from dieting or illness; for land meaning barren, it's literary and less common.
彼女は最近痩せたね。
Kanojo wa saikin yaseta ne.
She has gotten thin recently, hasn't she?
痩せた土地では作物が育ちにくい。
Yaseta tochi de wa sakumotsu ga sodachinikui.
Crops don't grow well on barren land.
⚖️ Don't confuse with 細い (hosoi), which means slender in build, not necessarily having lost weight.
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