弱よわる

よわる yowaru

to weaken
to be troubled
to be downcast
to be emaciated
to be dejected
to be perplexed
to impair

godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

衰弱；为难

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは寄よる年とし波なみで弱よわった。
He sank under the weight of age.
他因年老而衰弱。
Tatoeba #108633
電でん池ちが弱よわってきているのでうまく動うごかない。
It doesn't work so well because the batteries are running down.
电池电力变弱，无法正常运作。
Tatoeba #124769

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('215bd62d34'); // 弱る

{
  "id": "215bd62d34",
  "word": "弱る",
  "reading": "よわる",
  "romaji": "yowaru",
  "meanings": [
    "to weaken",
    "to be troubled",
    "to be downcast",
    "to be emaciated",
    "to be dejected",
    "to be perplexed",
    "to impair"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1324650,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は寄る年波で弱った。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{寄|よ}る{年波|としなみ}で{弱|よわ}った。",
      "en": "He sank under the weight of age.",
      "tatoeba_id": 108633
    },
    {
      "ja": "電池が弱ってきているのでうまく動かない。",
      "furigana": "{電池|でんち}が{弱|よわ}ってきているのでうまく{動|うご}かない。",
      "en": "It doesn't work so well because the batteries are running down.",
      "tatoeba_id": 124769
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fae72e8d0e62e777049632c3eda7a2244e866c82e9e39e6782202405835608f9",
    "meanings": [
      "衰弱",
      "为难"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は寄る年波で弱った。",
        "zh": "他因年老而衰弱。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "電池が弱ってきているのでうまく動かない。",
        "zh": "电池电力变弱，无法正常运作。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/215bd62d34",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1324650; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e5082a2d2947d897a0ce3cf67d83ee1a234b4ff364c4e68a8f819d91fc5b96f3"
  }
}