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弱める is an exact match with the following word:
弱める
BOOST
Reading : よわめる   
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to weaken
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This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• Google Japan frequency rank: 127,000 (about 885,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5302 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 19362
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 26 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
おお
きな
かしわ
かぜ
ちから
よわ
めている

The big oak tree breaks the force of the wind.
とき
ゆうじょう
友情
ふか
める
れんあい
恋愛
よわ
める

Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.
たいふう
台風
せいりょく
勢力
よわ
あらし
わった

The typhoon became weaker and changed into a storm.
ジャク   よわ weak   よわ to weaken, to be troubled   よわまる to weaken, to abate   よわめる to weaken, to break the force of   
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double bow; strong   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
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