Illustration: On a riverside walking path after a squall, a pedestrian lowers shoulders that are still braced against the wind. Their umbrella has relaxed from its strained tilt, loose hair is settling, and nearby reeds are springing upright.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

弱よわまる

yowamaru

to weaken, to subside

Example sentences

  1. あらしの勢いきおいが弱よわまった。

    The storm abated.

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  2. 彼かれの体力たいりょくは弱よわまりつつある。

    His strength is waning.

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  3. 勢いきおいが弱よわまってきたね。

    It’s abating.

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Kanji in 弱

  • 弱weak; frailOnジャクKunよわい・よわる・よわまる

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