가늘다
ga-neul-da
Why a thin voice is talked about as thread
The picture The girth of something long shrinks until, like thread, it slips between your fingers. 가늘다 is girth shrunk to thread; 굵다 is girth swollen to fill the hand.
Where the picture shows up in 가늘다
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the girth of thread shrinks
이 실은 너무 가늘어요.
i si-reun neo-mu ga-neu-reo-yo
This thread is far too thin.
Hooked over a finger and pulled, the thread looks fine enough to cut into the skin
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the girth of a line shrinks
선을 가늘게 그어 주세요.
seo-neul ga-neul-ge geu-eo ju-se-yo
Please draw the line thin.
A line drawn with the pencil tip held upright sits on the paper like a single hair
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the girth of a wrist shrinks
손목이 가늘어서 시계가 헐렁해요.
son-mo-gi ga-neu-reo-seo si-gye-ga heol-leong-hae-yo
My wrist is thin, so the watch is loose.
Even on the last hole of the strap, a finger still fits between the wrist and the band
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the girth of rainfall shrinks
빗줄기가 가늘어졌어요.
bit-jul-gi-ga ga-neu-reo-jeo-sseo-yo
The rain has thinned out.
Rain that was pouring down thick narrows to threads until barely any sound is left on the umbrella
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sound thinned to a thread
목소리가 가느니까 마이크를 쓰세요.
mok-so-ri-ga ga-neu-ni-kka ma-i-keu-reul sseu-se-yo
Your voice is thin, so please use the mic.
The sound out of the throat is as thin as thread and breaks halfway before it reaches the back row
Here sound is drawn as the thickness of thread.
All of it in one picture
가늘다 is one picture: the girth has shrunk to thread. Thin thread goes through a needle easily but snaps when pulled; a thin line is barely visible on paper. A thin wrist lets the watch slide round, and rain thinned to threads settles enough to fold the umbrella. And a thin voice, like thread, breaks before it reaches the back of the room.