Illustration: At a neighborhood recreation room, two adult friends arm-wrestle across a sturdy low table. One leans forward with both feet braced, cheeks puffed and free hand gripping the table edge, yet their wrestling arm is nearly pressed flat.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

弱よわい

yowai

weak

Example sentences

  1. 月つきの光ひかりが弱よわい。

    The light from the moon is weak.

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  2. 地理ちりは弱よわい。

    I am weak in geography.

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  3. 私わたしは数学すうがくが弱よわい。

    I am weak in mathematics.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 弱

  • 弱weak; frailOnジャクKunよわい・よわる・よわまる

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