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    3. 弱る

    弱る

    弱よわる​

    to weaken

    N1KMT10News #43+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    よわる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to weaken, to grow weak, to wane, to decline (of one's health)
    2.
    to be downcast, to be dejected, to be dispirited
    3.
    to be troubled, to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be annoyed

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    体からだが弱よわってきた。

    My body has grown weak.

    KMT5Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    彼かれは病びょう気きでかなり弱よわっている。

    He is quite weak from illness.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    日にっ照しょう不ぶ足そくで、庭にわの植しょく物ぶつが弱よわってきている。

    Due to insufficient sunlight, the plants in the garden are weakening.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentDaily Life
    期き待たいしていた結けっ果かが出でず、すっかり弱よわってしまった。

    The expected results didn't come, and I became completely dispirited.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    経けい済ざい状じょう況きょうが悪あっ化かし、会かい社しゃの経けい営えいが弱よわってきた。

    The economic situation worsened, and the company's management weakened.

    KMT9Business & FinanceCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    弱
    よわ.い・よわ.る・よわ.まる・よわ.める…(1)
    weak・frail
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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