泣なき所どころ

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Meanings

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Refers to a person's or thing's most vulnerable point, often used in the phrase 泣き所を突く (to hit someone's weak spot).

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His weak point is his family.

あの選せん手しゅの泣なき所どころはスタミナ不ぶ足そくだ。

That player's Achilles' heel is a lack of stamina.

弱じゃく点てん
弱点 is a more general and formal term for 'weak point' or 'weakness', while 泣き所 is more idiomatic and often implies a sensitive or emotional vulnerability.
アキレス腱けん
アキレス腱 is a direct loan translation of 'Achilles' heel' and is used in similar contexts, but 泣き所 has a slightly more colloquial and figurative feel.

Compound of 泣き (crying) + 所 (place), literally 'crying place', referring to a spot that makes one cry when struck, i.e., a weak point.