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弱よわる

よわる yowaru Play N1 Godan verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

弱くなる。体力や勢いなどが衰える。 to weaken; to be troubled; to be downcast; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed; to impair

Example 1

電池でんちが弱よわってきているのでうまく動うごかない。

It doesn't work so well because the batteries are running down.

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Example 2

彼かれは寄よる年波としなみで弱よわった。

He sank under the weight of age.

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Kanji breakdown

弱

N2

weak; frail

On reading
ジャク
Kun reading
よわ.い、よわ.る、よわ.まる、よわ.める
Radical
弓
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弱

N1

じゃく

weakness; the weak; little less then

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弱まる

N1

よわまる

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

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弱める

N1

よわめる

to weaken

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薄弱

N1

はくじゃく

feebleness; weakness; weak

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貧弱

N1

ひんじゃく

poor; meagre; insubstantial