気(き)が弱(よわ)い

きがよわい
expression, i-adjective
timid; faint-hearted; lacking nerve
personality
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present気(き)が弱(よわ)い気(き)が弱(よわ)くない
Past気(き)が弱(よわ)かった気(き)が弱(よわ)くなかった
て form気(き)が弱(よわ)くて気(き)が弱(よわ)くなくて
Adverbial気(き)が弱(よわ)く—
Conditional ば気(き)が弱(よわ)ければ気(き)が弱(よわ)くなければ
Conditional たら気(き)が弱(よわ)かったら気(き)が弱(よわ)くなかったら
1. timid; faint-hearted; unable to assert oneself
Describes someone who cannot say no, backs down under pressure, or is easily rattled. The judgment is usually mildly critical or self-deprecating rather than harsh.
弟(おとうと)は気(き)が弱(よわ)い。
My younger brother is timid.
気(き)が弱(よわ)くて断(ことわ)れなかった。
I was too faint-hearted to say no.
気(き)の弱(よわ)い人(ひと)ほど、無理(むり)な仕事(しごと)を引(ひ)き受(う)けてしまいがちだ。
The more timid a person is, the more likely they are to take on impossible work.

A fixed 気(き) expression: the subject of 弱(よわ)い is 気(き), so the person takes は or が in a double-subject pattern (彼(かれ)は気(き)が弱(よわ)い). In attributive position the が becomes の: 気(き)の弱(よわ)い人(ひと).

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Antonym: 気(き)が強(つよ)い (strong-willed; assertive)
Compare: 臆病(おくびょう) (cowardly)
Compare: 内気(うちき) (shy, reserved)
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