弱い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
よわ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
See also 弱る

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「弱い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 弱く わく
[yóꜜwàkù]
[yòwáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 弱い [yòwáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 弱い [yòwáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 弱くない わくない
くない
[yóꜜwàkùnàì]
[yòwáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 弱かった わかった
かった
[yóꜜwàkàttà]
[yòwáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 弱くなかった わくなかった
くなかった
[yóꜜwàkùnàkàttà]
[yòwáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 弱いです いです [yòwáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 弱くて わくて
くて
[yóꜜwàkùtè]
[yòwáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 弱ければ わければ
ければ
[yóꜜwàkèrèbà]
[yòwáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

(よわ) (yowaiよわい (yowai)?-i (adverbial (よわ) (yowaku))

  1. weak, powerless, vulnerable, vincible, delicate
    (よわ)(あい)()
    yowai aite
    a weak opponent
    (さん)(よわ)
    san ni yowai
    vulnerable to acid
    • 2006 April 15, Nobuyuki Anzai, “[AKT](アクト).[139](ひゃくさんじゅうきゅう)/ ウォーゲーム[最](さい)[終](しゅう)[決](けっ)[戦](せん) アラン[VS](バーサス).ハロウィン[②](に)”, in MÄR(メル) MÄRCHEN AWAKENS ROMANCE, volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 153:
      (よわ)(やつ)(つよ)(やつ)()(せい)になるのは(ひつ)(ぜん)なんだ
      Yowai yatsu ga tsuyoi yatsu no gisei ni naru no wa hitsuzen na n da
      It’s inevitable that the weak fall prey to the strong
  2. weak, inept, incompetent
    (すう)()(よわ)
    sūji ni yowai
    weak at figures
  3. low tolerance
    (さけ)(よわ)
    sake ni yowai
    easily becoming drunk

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