過疎る

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5

Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From 過疎 (kaso, depopulation) +‎ (-ru).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

()() (kasorugodan (stem ()() (kasori), past ()()った (kasotta))

  1. (informal) to decrease in number
    ()()過疎(かそ)原因(げんいん)
    kakikomi ga kasoru gen'in
    the reason why posts are less frequent than before
  2. (informal) to have less members or user-generated content
    ゲーム過疎(かそ)った原因(げんいん)
    gēmu ga kasotta gen'in
    the reason why no one plays this game anymore
    過疎(かそ)ったTL
    kasotta TL
    slow-moving timeline (Twitter)

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