JLPT N1 · な-adjective

貧弱 (hinjaku)

貧弱 (ひんじゃく, hinjaku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “poor; meagre”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひんじゃく
Romaji: hinjaku
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

私のドイツ語の知識は貧弱です。

My knowledge of German is poor.

Tatoeba #164147

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 貧弱

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	貧弱だ	ひんじゃくだ hinjakuda
Present (polite)	貧弱です	ひんじゃくです hinjakudesu
Negative	貧弱じゃない	ひんじゃくじゃない hinjakujanai
Past	貧弱だった	ひんじゃくだった hinjakudatta
Negative past	貧弱じゃなかった	ひんじゃくじゃなかった hinjakujanakatta
Te-form	貧弱で	ひんじゃくで hinjakude
Before a noun	貧弱な	ひんじゃくな hinjakuna
Adverb (~ni)	貧弱に	ひんじゃくに hinjakuni

Kanji in 貧弱

貧

poverty, poorヒン・ビン・まず.しい · 11 strokes

弱

weak, frailジャク・よわ.い・よわ.る · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 貧弱.

貧しいまずしいpoor貧困ひんこんpoverty貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken弱いよわいweak弱まるよわまるto abate弱めるよわめるto weaken弱点じゃくてんweak point弱じゃくa little less than薄弱はくじゃくfeebleness弱るよわるto weaken

Source: JMdict entry 1490850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.