JLPT N1 · い-adjective

脆い (moroi)

脆い (もろい, moroi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “brittle; fragile”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: もろい
Romaji: moroi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

brittle; fragile; weak; frail · い-adjective · usually written in kana
tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼が作った模型飛行機はもろかった。

His paper plane was fragile.

Tatoeba #120340

彼女は情にもろい。

She is accessible to pity.

Tatoeba #88629

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

Conjugation of 脆い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	脆い	もろい moroi
Negative	脆くない	もろくない morokunai
Past	脆かった	もろかった morokatta
Negative past	脆くなかった	もろくなかった morokunakatta
Te-form	脆くて	もろくて morokute
Adverb (~ku)	脆く	もろく moroku
Conditional (~ba)	脆ければ	もろければ morokereba

Kanji in 脆い

脆

brittle, fragile, easy to beatゼイ・セイ・もろ.い・よわい · 10 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1382220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.