弱い

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 私はお酒に弱いです。▶ —
   I'm weak with alcohol (low tolerance).
2. 弱い風が吹いています。▶ —
   A weak wind is blowing.

Collocations

Mnemonic

弱い yowai — opposite of 強い. ~に弱い idiom = "weak at/can't handle ~". Onyomi じゃく (jaku): 弱点 jakuten (weak point), 弱者 jakusha (the weak). 強弱 kyoujaku (strength/weakness, music dynamics) is a learner term.

Quick check

1. "I can't handle cold" in Japanese?

   • 寒さに弱いです samusa ni yowai (idiom)
   • 寒くて弱い (= cold and weak, different)
   • 寒さが弱い (= cold is weak)
   • 弱い寒さ (= weak cold)