Meanings
Na-adjective, No-adjective, Noun
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
Example sentences
彼は病弱なので心配だ。
I am concerned about his poor health.
私の弟はずっと病弱です。
My brother's health has been delicate.
彼の病弱が研究の妨げになった。
His ill health interfered with his research.
彼女は生まれた時から病弱だった。
She was delicate from birth.
彼女は子供のころ病弱だったらしい。
She seems to have been in poor health in her childhood.
More examples (3)
彼は病弱というハンデを負わされている。
He is handicapped by poor health.
母は病弱にもかかわらず、いつもすごく明るい。
My mother is always very cheerful in spite of poor health.
医者になりたいという願望は病弱な弟の世話をしたことから芽生えた。
My desire to become a doctor grew out of looking after my sickly brother.