ひ弱い

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of ひ (hi-, “indeed, truly”) +‎ 弱い (yowai, “weak, feeble”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ひ弱(よわ)い • (hiyowai) -i (adverbial ひ弱(よわ)く (hiyowaku))

  1. weak
    Synonyms: 弱々しい, 脆い, 虚弱

Inflection

Inflection of ひ弱い
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ひ弱かろ ひよわかろ hiyowakaro
Continuative (連用形) ひ弱く ひよわく hiyowaku
Terminal (終止形) ひ弱い ひよわい hiyowai
Attributive (連体形) ひ弱い ひよわい hiyowai
Hypothetical (仮定形) ひ弱けれ ひよわけれ hiyowakere
Imperative (命令形) ひ弱かれ ひよわかれ hiyowakare
Key constructions
Informal negative ひ弱くない ひよわくない hiyowaku nai
Informal past ひ弱かった ひよわかった hiyowakatta
Informal negative past ひ弱くなかった ひよわくなかった hiyowaku nakatta
Formal ひ弱いです ひよわいです hiyowai desu
Formal negative ひ弱くないです ひよわくないです hiyowaku nai desu
Formal past ひ弱かったです ひよわかったです hiyowakatta desu
Formal negative past ひ弱くなかったです ひよわくなかったです hiyowaku nakatta desu
Conjunctive ひ弱くて ひよわくて hiyowakute
Conditional ひ弱ければ ひよわければ hiyowakereba
Provisional ひ弱かったら ひよわかったら hiyowakattara
Volitional ひ弱かろう ひよわかろう hiyowakarō
Adverbial ひ弱く ひよわく hiyowaku
Degree ひ弱さ ひよわさ hiyowasa

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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