蒲柳

ほりゅう
purple willow
infirmity
delicate constitution

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ほりゅう【蒲柳】

1 〔かわやなぎ〕 a purple willow.

2 〔かよわい体質〕

●蒲柳の質 delicate [fragile] health; a weak [delicate, frail] constitution

・生来蒲柳の質だ be of delicate health; have a delicate constitution; be constitutionally weak [infirm].