てうす

手薄
short of hands
insufficient

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てうす【手薄】

●防備の手薄な地域 a thinly manned area; a district where defenses are weak

・警備が手薄になる時間帯 a period when security is lighter [there are fewer guards]

・人員の手薄な部門 a thinly staffed department.

●敵陣は今手薄だ. The enemy is undermanned at the moment. | At present the enemy's ranks have been thinned.

・その手の商品は在庫が手薄になっている. We have a shortage of goods of that kind. | Goods of that kind have run low.

・専門教育を重視して基礎教育が手薄な大学が多い. There are a lot of universities where specialist education is emphasized and not enough provision made for the basics.