ひ弱

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弱
よわ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Stem of the adjective ひ弱(よわ)い (hiyowai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひよわ [hìyówá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çijo̞ɰᵝa̠]

Adjective

ひ弱(よわ) • (hiyowa) -na (adnominal ひ弱(よわ)な (hiyowa na), adverbial ひ弱(よわ)に (hiyowa ni))

  1. weak, feeble

Inflection

Noun

ひ弱(よわ) • (hiyowa) 

  1. Same as above.

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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