幼よう弱じゃく

na-adjective, noun

young and weak; immature and vulnerable

Describes someone or something that is both young and physically weak or inexperienced. Rare and somewhat literary; not an everyday word.

• 幼よう弱じゃくな子こ供どもを守まもるのは大人おとなの責せき任にんだ。

  It is the responsibility of adults to protect young and weak children.

• その動どう物ぶつの幼よう弱じゃくな個こ体たいは捕ほ食しょく者しゃに狙ねらわれやすい。

  The young and weak individuals of that animal are easily targeted by predators.