I Love Kanji弱る (yowaru)
弱る (よわる, yowaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to weaken; to grow weak”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よわる
- Romaji
- yowaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health) · godan verb, intransitive
- to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited · godan verb, intransitive
- to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 弱る
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 | 弱る | よわる yowaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 弱ります | よわります yowarimasu |
| Negative | 弱らない | よわらない yowaranai |
| Polite negative | 弱りません | よわりません yowarimasen |
| Past | 弱った | よわった yowatta |
| Polite past | 弱りました | よわりました yowarimashita |
| Negative past | 弱らなかった | よわらなかった yowaranakatta |
| Te-form | 弱って | よわって yowatte |
| Potential | 弱れる | よわれる yowareru |
| Passive | 弱られる | よわられる yowarareru |
| Causative | 弱らせる | よわらせる yowaraseru |
| Volitional | 弱ろう | よわろう yowarou |
| Imperative | 弱れ | よわれ yoware |
| Conditional (~ba) | 弱れば | よわれば yowareba |
Kanji in 弱る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 弱る.
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貧弱ひんじゃくpoor
Source: JMdict entry 1324650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.