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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

弱よわる

yowaru

to grow weak

Example sentences

彼かれは寄よる年波としなみで弱よわった。
He sank under the weight of age.
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電池でんちが弱よわってきているのでうまく動うごかない。
It doesn’t work so well because the batteries are running down.
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私わたしの母ははは長ながい病気びょうきでとても弱よわっていた。
My mother was very weak from a long illness.
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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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