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弱る (よわる): to weaken, to be troubled, to be emaciated — Japanese vocabulary

弱る is read よわる and means "to weaken, to be troubled, to be emaciated". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

弱る

Reading
よわる · yowaru
Translation
to weaken, to be troubled, to be emaciated
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
よわるが

Example

彼は寄る年波で弱った。

かれはよるとしなみでよわった。

He sank under the weight of age.

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