怯きょう弱じゃく

noun

cowardice; timidity

Literary or formal term for cowardice or weakness of spirit. Not used in everyday conversation; more common in written or classical contexts.

• 彼かれの怯きょう弱じゃくな態たい度どが、戦たたかいの前まえにすでに敗はい北ぼくを予よ感かんさせた。

  His cowardly attitude foreshadowed defeat even before the battle.