弱い
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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弱 |
よわ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
See also 弱る
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese 弱し (*yo₁wasi), from Proto-Japonic *yowa.
Although not phonetically attested in Old Japanese texts in man'yōgana, the name of a king varies between 目弱王 in the Kojiki and 眉輪王, read as mayo₁wa-WAU in the Nihon Shoki.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「弱い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Continuative (連用形) | 弱く | よわく よわく |
[yóꜜwàkù] [yòwáꜜkù] |
Terminal (終止形) | 弱い | よわい | [yòwáꜜì] |
Attributive (連体形) | 弱い | よわい | [yòwáꜜì] |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 弱くない | よわくない よわくない |
[yóꜜwàkùnàì] [yòwáꜜkùnàì] |
Informal past | 弱かった | よわかった よわかった |
[yóꜜwàkàttà] [yòwáꜜkàttà] |
Informal negative past | 弱くなかった | よわくなかった よわくなかった |
[yóꜜwàkùnàkàttà] [yòwáꜜkùnàkàttà] |
Formal | 弱いです | よわいです | [yòwáꜜìdèsù] |
Conjunctive | 弱くて | よわくて よわくて |
[yóꜜwàkùtè] [yòwáꜜkùtè] |
Conditional | 弱ければ | よわければ よわければ |
[yóꜜwàkèrèbà] [yòwáꜜkèrèbà] |
Adjective
[edit]弱い • (yowai) ←よわい (yowai)?-i (adverbial 弱く (yowaku))
- weak, powerless, vulnerable, vincible, delicate
- 弱い相手
- yowai aite
- a weak opponent
- 酸に弱い
- san ni yowai
- vulnerable to acid
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- 弱い奴が強い奴の犠牲になるのは必然なんだ
- Yowai yatsu ga tsuyoi yatsu no gisei ni naru no wa hitsuzen na n da
- It’s inevitable that the weak fall prey to the strong
- 弱い奴が強い奴の犠牲になるのは必然なんだ
- 弱い相手
- weak, inept, incompetent
- 数字に弱い
- sūji ni yowai
- weak at figures
- 数字に弱い
- low tolerance
- 酒に弱い
- sake ni yowai
- easily becoming drunk
- 酒に弱い
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of 弱い
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 弱かろ | よわかろ | yowakaro |
Continuative (連用形) | 弱く | よわく | yowaku |
Terminal (終止形) | 弱い | よわい | yowai |
Attributive (連体形) | 弱い | よわい | yowai |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 弱けれ | よわけれ | yowakere |
Imperative (命令形) | 弱かれ | よわかれ | yowakare |
Key constructions | |||
Informal negative | 弱くない | よわくない | yowaku nai |
Informal past | 弱かった | よわかった | yowakatta |
Informal negative past | 弱くなかった | よわくなかった | yowaku nakatta |
Formal | 弱いです | よわいです | yowai desu |
Formal negative | 弱くないです | よわくないです | yowaku nai desu |
Formal past | 弱かったです | よわかったです | yowakatta desu |
Formal negative past | 弱くなかったです | よわくなかったです | yowaku nakatta desu |
Conjunctive | 弱くて | よわくて | yowakute |
Conditional | 弱ければ | よわければ | yowakereba |
Provisional | 弱かったら | よわかったら | yowakattara |
Volitional | 弱かろう | よわかろう | yowakarō |
Adverbial | 弱く | よわく | yowaku |
Degree | 弱さ | よわさ | yowasa |
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