- やせこける
- 痩せこける
to get too skinny* * *やせこける【痩せこける】become [get, grow] thin [lean, emaciated]; 〔病気で〕 lose flesh.●やせこけた lean; haggard; emaciated; gaunt; cadaverous; starveling; scrawny
・やせこけた人 a skinny [lean and scrawny] person; a living skeleton; a bag of bones; a starveling.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.