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脆い

もろい

brittle; fragile; weak (against)

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Examples

  1. このガラスは衝撃に脆い。

    このガラスはしょうげきにもろい。

    This glass is fragile against impact.

  2. 古い木材は脆くなっている。

    ふるいもくざいはもろくなっている。

    The old timber has become brittle.

  3. 彼は見た目と違って、意外と情に脆い。

    かれはみためとちがって、いがいとじょうにもろい。

    Unlike how he looks, he's surprisingly soft-hearted.

Common patterns

情に脆い
soft-hearted; easily moved
熱に脆い
weak against heat
脆く崩れる
to crumble easily

Memory tip

弱い is general weakness; 脆い is specifically 'breaks or crumbles under stress', and the thing it is weak against takes に. Learn the idiom 情に脆い — easily swayed by feelings, not 'fragile emotions'.

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