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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 弱い - weak - yowai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱い

    Reading

    よわい
    yowai

    Meaning

    is weak

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くない

    Reading

    よわくない
    yowakunai

    Meaning

    is not weak

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    弱いです

    Reading

    よわいです
    yowaidesu

    Meaning

    is weak

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くありません

    Reading

    よわくありません
    yowakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not weak

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱かった

    Reading

    よわかった
    yowakatta

    Meaning

    was weak

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くなかった

    Reading

    よわくなかった
    yowakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not weak

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    弱かったです

    Reading

    よわかったです
    yowakattadesu

    Meaning

    was weak

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くありませんでした

    Reading

    よわくありませんでした
    yowakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not weak

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱くて

    Reading

    よわくて
    yowakute

    Meaning

    is weak, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くなくて

    Reading

    よわくなくて
    yowakunakute

    Meaning

    is not weak, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱いだろう

    Reading

    よわいだろう
    yowaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be weak

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くないだろう

    Reading

    よわくないだろう
    yowakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be weak

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    弱いでしょう

    Reading

    よわいでしょう
    yowaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be weak

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くないでしょう

    Reading

    よわくないでしょう
    yowakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be weak

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱く

    Reading

    よわく
    yowaku

    Meaning

    in a weak way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱ければ

    Reading

    よわければ
    yowakereba

    Meaning

    if it is weak

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くなければ

    Reading

    よわくなければ
    yowakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not weak

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱かったら

    Reading

    よわかったら
    yowakattara

    Meaning

    if it was weak

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    弱くなかったら

    Reading

    よわくなかったら
    yowakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not weak

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    弱さ

    Reading

    よわさ
    yowasa

    Meaning

    weak-ness (or the quality of being weak)

Word Detail

    word

    弱い

    Meaning

    Weak

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    弱

    Meaning

    Weak

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