弱

graceful young woman; sylph

(enervating) attraction to books or learning

person with limited access to information (via the Internet, television, etc.)

inferiority

diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)

to soften one's voice

Medicine

psychasthenia

weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy

soft ground

reduction; weakening; attenuation; diminution; diminishment; lessening

infirm of purpose and lacking in decision

weakness; feebleness; imbecility

young and weak

Word usually written using kana alone; Rare term

Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)

any thin, but flexible bamboo

child born in last half of the year

low-power transmission; weak signals

slight color-blindness; slight colour-blindness

coward

vulnerable road users (such as the elderly, mobility-impaired people and young children)

people without public transport access; transport poor

bad back; spineless person

general prostration

infirmities of old age

Obsolete term

young and old; all ages

feminine poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)

person of diminished capacity (e.g. drugs, alcohol, mental retardation, etc.)