すいじゃく

衰弱

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, No-adjective
weaknessdebilitybreakdownprostration

Example Sentences

(かれ)は病気で衰弱していた。

He was wasted away by illness.

じきにその衰弱は回復しますよ。

You will recover from your weakness soon.

子供たちの(なか)にはとても衰弱していて立っていられない(もの)がいた。

Some of the children were too weak to stay on their feet.

複数の呼吸器疾患による衰弱のため、(かれ)は先週、指揮者としての仕事を断念する旨の発表を余儀なくされたばかりでした。

Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.