Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
よわ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of (ka-, very, emphatic prefix) +‎ 弱い (yowai, weak, feeble)

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "か弱い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) か弱く わく
よわ
[kàyóꜜwàkù]
[kàyówáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) か弱い よわ [kàyówáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) か弱い よわ [kàyówáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative か弱くない わくない
よわくない
[kàyóꜜwàkùnàì]
[kàyówáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past か弱かった わかった
よわかった
[kàyóꜜwàkàttà]
[kàyówáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past か弱くなかった わくなかった
よわくなかった
[kàyóꜜwàkùnàkàttà]
[kàyówáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal か弱いです よわいです [kàyówáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive か弱くて わくて
よわくて
[kàyóꜜwàkùtè]
[kàyówáꜜkùtè]
Conditional か弱ければ わければ
よわければ
[kàyóꜜwàkèrèbà]
[kàyówáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective edit

(よわ) (kayowai-i (adverbial (よわ) (kayowaku))

  1. weak; delicate; feeble

Inflection edit

See also edit