ひ弱い

ひよわい
weak
sickly

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ひよわい【ひ弱い】

weak; 〔虚弱な〕 delicate; sickly; frail. [⇒ひよわ]

●彼は体つきがひ弱い. He's of (a) frail [delicate] build. | He is delicately built.

・この子をこんなにひ弱く育てたつもりはないのだが…. I don't know why she has turned out so delicate(; that's not how I brought her up).

ひ弱げ

●ひ弱げな somewhat [somehow] weakly

・ひ弱げに in a somewhat weak manner; somehow feebly.

ひ弱さ frailty; delicacy; feebleness; weakness; fragility; 《口》 namby-pambiness; lack of guts.