よわ (jaku)

weakness, the weak, little less then, disadvantage

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3

Meaning

(じゃく, jaku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “weakness, the weak, little less then, disadvantage”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

かれわたしよわみを にぎっているんだ。

He has some dirt on me.

その からだすこよわい。

That child has a somewhat weak constitution.

雨が弱まる。

The rain calms down.

地理ちりよわい。

I am weak in geography.