JLPT N5 · い-adjective

弱い (yowai)

弱い (よわい, yowai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “weak; frail”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よわい
Romaji: yowai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled · い-adjective

Example sentences

それを言われると弱いなあ。

That sure puts me on the spot.

Tatoeba #204593

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

Conjugation of 弱い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	弱い	よわい yowai
Negative	弱くない	よわくない yowakunai
Past	弱かった	よわかった yowakatta
Negative past	弱くなかった	よわくなかった yowakunakatta
Te-form	弱くて	よわくて yowakute
Adverb (~ku)	弱く	よわく yowaku
Conditional (~ba)	弱ければ	よわければ yowakereba

Kanji in 弱い

弱

weak, frailジャク・よわ.い・よわ.る · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 弱い.

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貧弱ひんじゃくpoor弱るよわるto weaken

Source: JMdict entry 1324520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.