Meaning of ひ弱(ひよわ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level ひ弱

Kana Reading ひよわ

Romaji hiyowa

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

weak; delicate; sickly

Examples of ひ弱, ひよわ in a sentence

彼はあまりにもひ弱で戸外でゲームをする事はなかった。

He was too frail to play games outdoors.

Related Kanji

弱 JLPT 4

10 strokes

weak, frail

On'Yomi: ジャク

Kun'Yomi: よわ.い, よわ.る, よわ.まる, よわ.める

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