薄弱
はくじゃく
feebleness; weakness; flimsiness (of grounds or will)
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Examples
彼の意志は薄弱だ。
かれのいしははくじゃくだ。
His willpower is weak.
根拠が薄弱な主張は、誰も信じない。
こんきょがはくじゃくなしゅちょうは、だれもしんじない。
Nobody believes a claim whose grounds are so flimsy.
証拠が薄弱なため、起訴は見送られた。
しょうこがはくじゃくなため、きそはみおくられた。
Because the evidence was weak, they held off on prosecuting.
Common patterns
- 意志薄弱
- weak-willed
- 根拠が薄弱
- the grounds are flimsy
- 証拠薄弱
- insufficient evidence
Memory tip
Written and formal, and almost always about willpower, grounds or evidence rather than bodies — a weak constitution is 虚弱, not 薄弱.
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