弱じゃく体たい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

weak constitution; weak body

Refers to a person's physical frailty or poor health. Often used in medical or descriptive contexts.

彼かれは生うまれつき弱じゃく体たいで、よく病びょう気きになる。
He has been physically weak since birth and often gets sick.

na-adjective, noun

weak (organization, system); feeble

Describes an organization, system, or structure that is fragile, ineffective, or lacking strength. Common in news and analytical writing.

その会かい社しゃは管かん理り体たい制せいが弱じゃく体たいで、すぐに倒とう産さんした。
The company had a weak management system and quickly went bankrupt.
弱じゃく体たいな組そ織しきでは、大おおきな変へん化かに対たい応おうできない。
A feeble organization cannot adapt to major changes.

Usage patterns

〈組そ織しき〉の基き盤ばんが弱じゃく体たいだan organization's foundation is weak
この会かい社しゃの財ざい政せい基き盤ばんは弱じゃく体たいだ。
This company's financial foundation is weak.
弱じゃく体たいな〈組そ織しき〉a feeble/ineffective organization
野や党とうは弱じゃく体たいな政せい党とうのままだった。
The opposition remained a weak political party.

Kanji

弱weak, frail
体body, substance, object

Related words

虚きょ弱じゃく sense 1
虚弱 typically describes a person's frail physical constitution, while 弱体 can describe either a person's weak body or a weak organization/system.
脆ぜい弱じゃく sense 2
脆弱 stresses vulnerability and fragility, often in technical or security contexts, whereas 弱体 more broadly means general ineffectiveness or weakness.
弱じゃく小しょう sense 2
弱小 emphasizes being small and weak in scale or power, while 弱体 focuses on lacking strength or effectiveness regardless of size.

Opposites

強きょう健けん sense 1
強健 means robustly healthy, the opposite of 弱体 in the sense of a person's weak physical constitution.
強きょう固こ sense 2
強固 describes an organization or structure as firm and solid, the opposite of 弱体's meaning of a fragile or ineffective system.

Word family

弱じゃく体たい化か
weakening; decline in strength

Etymology

Compound of 弱 (weak) and 体 (body, structure). The reading じゃくたい follows standard on'yomi. The word is used both for physical frailty and metaphorical weakness of systems.