Vocabulary

What does 貧弱 (ひんじゃく, hinjaku) mean?

貧弱 (ひんじゃく, hinjaku) means meager, poor, feeble.

Quick facts
Readingひんじゃく
Romajihinjaku
Part of speechna-adjective, noun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
ひんじゃく
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonhinjaku

meager, poor, feeble

  1. 1na-adjective · noun poor; meagre; meager

Example sentences

  • The grounds for his argument are weak.

  • This village's facilities remain poor.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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