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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

弱点

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jakuten

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Weakness/ˈwiːk.nəs/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"誰にでも弱点はあるものだ。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or condition of lacking strength.

    "He felt a sudden weakness in his knees."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'weiknesse', combining 'weik' (from Old Norse 'veikr', meaning weak) with the native Old English nominal suffix '-nes'. The root ultimately traces back to Proto-Germanic *waikwaz, meaning 'bending' or 'yielding'.

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