I Love Kanji弱まる (yowamaru)
弱まる (よわまる, yowamaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to abate; to weaken”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よわまる
- Romaji
- yowamaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 弱まる
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 弱まる | よわまる yowamaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 弱まります | よわまります yowamarimasu |
| Negative | 弱まらない | よわまらない yowamaranai |
| Polite negative | 弱まりません | よわまりません yowamarimasen |
| Past | 弱まった | よわまった yowamatta |
| Polite past | 弱まりました | よわまりました yowamarimashita |
| Negative past | 弱まらなかった | よわまらなかった yowamaranakatta |
| Te-form | 弱まって | よわまって yowamatte |
| Potential | 弱まれる | よわまれる yowamareru |
| Passive | 弱まられる | よわまられる yowamarareru |
| Causative | 弱まらせる | よわまらせる yowamaraseru |
| Volitional | 弱まろう | よわまろう yowamarou |
| Imperative | 弱まれ | よわまれ yowamare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 弱まれば | よわまれば yowamareba |
Kanji in 弱まる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 弱まる.
弱いよわいweak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 1324580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.