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弱 kanji
weak, frail
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ジャク
Kun readings
よわいよわるよわまるよわめる
Words with 弱
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2弱点Popularweak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot; tender spot
- N1弱Populara little less than; a little under; slightly fewer than; weakness; the weak; low (setting); -lower (seismic intensity)
- N1薄弱Popularfeebleness; weakness
- N1貧弱Popularpoor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby; insubstantial
- —虚弱Popularfeebleness; weakness; imbecility
- —強弱Popularstrength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
- —弱冠Populartwenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
- —弱者Popularweak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
- —弱体Popularweak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
- —衰弱Popularweakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
- —軟弱Popularsoft and lacking firmness; weak; fragile; weak-willed; spineless; easily swayed; weak (market); bearish; declining (of market prices)
- —病弱Popularweak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
- —脆弱Popularweak; frail; fragile
- —心神耗弱Populardiminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
- —精神薄弱Popularfeeble-mindedness; intellectual disability
- —胃弱dyspepsia; indigestion; weak digestion
- —弱音soft sound; dampening (of sound)
- —弱行weakness in execution
- —弱国weak country
- —弱志weak will