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弱める (よわめる, yowameru) Japanese meaning: weaken | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 弱める · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 弱よわ める 弱よわ めない Polite 弱よわ めます 弱よわ めません Past polite 弱よわ めました 弱よわ めませんでした Past 弱よわ めた 弱よわ めなかった Te-form 弱よわ めて 弱よわ めないで Desire 弱よわ めたい 弱よわ めたくない Potential 弱よわ められる also 弱よわ めれる 弱よわ められない also 弱よわ めれない Passive 弱よわ められる 弱よわ められない Causative 弱よわ めさせる 弱よわ めさせない Causative passive 弱よわ めさせられる 弱よわ めさせられない Volitional 弱よわ めよう Polite volitional 弱よわ めましょう Imperative 弱よわ めろ 弱よわ めるな Conditional 弱よわ めれば 弱よわ めなければ Tara conditional 弱よわ めたら 弱よわ めなかったら
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Please turn down the volume.
Please lower the heat a little.
Usage patterns 火ひ を 弱よわ める to turn down the heat/flame
Once the soup is boiling, turn the heat down.
光ひかり を 弱よわ める to dim the light
I dimmed the room lighting a little.
影えい 響きょう を 弱よわ める to lessen the influence/impact
This measure has the effect of lessening the typhoon's impact.
力ちから を 弱よわ める to weaken the power/force (of something)
The government tried to weaken the power of the opposition.
Transitive / intransitive Related words 和らげる specifically means to soften or ease something unpleasant like pain or tension, while 弱める more broadly means to reduce the intensity of any force or quality.
抑える means to hold back or suppress something (like emotion or a rise), whereas 弱める means to reduce its strength or intensity directly.
弱める means to weaken something's intensity in general (light, sound, effect), whereas 薄める specifically frames the weakening as a dilution or lessening of concentration.
弱める is a general verb for weakening something, while 切り崩す implies actively dividing or eroding a group's unity piece by piece.
Opposites 強める means to make something stronger or more intense, the direct opposite of 弱める.
弱める means to weaken or reduce the intensity of something, the opposite of 高める, which means to strengthen or raise the intensity of something.
Etymology Derived from the adjective 弱い (よわい, 'weak') with the transitive verb-forming suffix 〜める, which attaches to adjectives to mean 'to make ~'.
