Practice JLPTMeaning
弱 (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
彼は 私の 弱みを 握っているんだ。
He has some dirt on me.
その 子は 体が 少し 弱い。
That child has a somewhat weak constitution.
体の弱い人が早く死ぬとは限らない。
Frail people do not necessarily die young.
父は体が弱い代わりに意志がとても強い。
My father is physically weak, but (to make up for it) he has a very strong will.
朝が弱いようではこの仕事は無理でしょう。
If it is true that) you have trouble getting up early in the morning (literally: are weak in the morning), you probably won't be able to do this job.
彼が学業面では 優秀だが、精神面に少し弱さがあるようだ。
He is excellent in terms of his academic performance (literally: on the side of his academic performance) but he seems to have some psychological weakness (literally: have some weakness on the side of his psychology).
父はまだ元気なようだと安心していたが、最近急に弱ってきた。
I felt at ease, thinking that my father still looked healthy, but suddenly he began to grow weak.
あの子は、体が弱いばかりにクラスメートにいじめられている。
That child is being bullied by his classmates simply because he is (physically) weak.
雨が弱まる。
The rain calms down.
地理は 弱い。
I am weak in geography.
勢力が弱まる。
It was declined thereafter.
王権を弱める。
Abridge the king's power.