Illustration: On a gentle wooded hiking path, a young adult has stopped beside a low stone step, shoulders slumped and mouth open in a drawn-out complaint. They gesture helplessly toward their own legs and hold a hand out to a companion as if asking to abandon the climb.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

弱よわ音ね

yowane

complaint of weakness, whining

Example sentences

  1. 弱音よわねを吐はいてばかりいないで、何なにかしなさい！

    Don’t just whine, do something!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 弱音よわねを吐はく

    to whine

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. ５年ねんに及およぶ、つらかったガンの治療期間中ちりょうきかんちゅう、彼かれは何なんとか弱音よわねをはかず毅然きぜんとした態度たいどを崩くずさなかった。

    Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 弱音

  • 弱weak; frailOnジャクKunよわい・よわる・よわまる
  • 音sound; noiseOnオン・イン・-ノンKunおと・ね

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