弱よわめる

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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

Pairs with弱まる

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

weaken; lessen; dampen

Transitive verb meaning to make something weaker, less intense, or less powerful. Used for physical strength, influence, sound, light, feelings, and abstract forces.

音おん量りょうを弱よわめてください。
Please turn down the volume.
少すこし火ひを弱よわめてください。
Please lower the heat a little.

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Usage patterns

火ひを弱よわめるto turn down the heat/flame
スープが煮にえたら火ひを弱よわめてください。
Once the soup is boiling, turn the heat down.
光ひかりを弱よわめるto dim the light
部屋へやの照しょう明めいを少すこし弱よわめた。
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
この対たい策さくは台たい風ふうの影えい響きょうを弱よわめる効こう果かがある。
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)
政せい府ふは反はん対たい勢せい力りょくの力ちからを弱よわめようとした。
The government tried to weaken the power of the opposition.

Expressions

語ご気きを弱よわめるsoften one's tone; lower one's voice

Kanji

弱weak, frail

Transitive / intransitive

弱よわまるN2
弱める is the transitive verb (someone weakens something), while 弱まる is its intransitive partner (something weakens by itself).

Related words

和やわらげるN1
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.
抑おさえるN2
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.
薄うすめるN2
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.
切きり崩くずす
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

強つよめるN2
強める means to make something stronger or more intense, the direct opposite of 弱める.
高たかめるN2
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.

Don't confuse with

弱よわるN1
弱る is an intransitive verb meaning to become weak or feeble (e.g. from illness), while 弱める is transitive and means to make something else weaker.

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 ~'.