a little less than; slightly under
Suffix attached to numbers or quantities to mean 'a little less than' or 'slightly fewer than'. Antonym: 強 (きょう).
Antonyms: 強
This venue holds a little under 100 people.
It takes slightly less than 10 minutes to walk to the station.
Suffix used after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale to indicate the lower grade of that intensity (e.g., 5弱 is 'lower 5'). Antonym: 強 (きょう).
Antonyms: 強
An earthquake with a seismic intensity of lower 5 occurred.
The meeting ended in a little under an hour.
It was hot, so I set the air conditioner to a low setting.
This earthquake registered a lower intensity of 5.
weakness; debility; prostration
poor; meager; feeble; shabby; insubstantial
weak; feeble; soft
small and weak; puny; minor
weak constitution; sickly; feeble
strength and weakness; degree of strength · stress; loudness
law of the jungle; survival of the fittest
feeble; faint; weak
weak; feeble; frail
weakness; feebleness; lack of strength
weak acid
amblyopia; weak eyesight
twenty years of age · youth; early age; tender age
weakening
inferiority; weakness
young orphan · being alone and weak; helpless solitude
young and weak; immature and vulnerable
inferiority; weakness
cowardly soldier; weak soldier
weak country; small and powerless nation
younger brother
weak will; lack of determination
upbeat; unaccented beat
weak enemy; weak opponent