病弱

びょうじゃく

Meanings

1. な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

Kanji

• 病 illness. Read as ビョウ.
• 弱 weak. Read as ジャク.

Example sentences

• 医者になりたいという願望は病弱な弟の世話をしたことから芽生えた。
  My desire to become a doctor grew out of looking after my sickly brother.
• 彼は病弱なので心配だ。
  I am concerned about his poor health.
• 彼女は子供のころ病弱だったらしい。
  She seems to have been in poor health in her childhood.
• 母は病弱にもかかわらず、いつもすごく明るい。
  My mother is always very cheerful in spite of poor health.

Words containing 病弱

• 病弱者 (びょうじゃくしゃ) sickly person

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