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弱る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
弱る
BOOST
Reading : よわる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to weaken; to be troubled; to be downcast; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed; to impair
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 7 (among the 20,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 68,079 which gives a rank of 12,717
弱る is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 103,000 (about 1,730,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5225 (see iKnow! collections)
• 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 43 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
ろう
ふじん
婦人
びょうご
病後
かなり
たいりょく
体力
よわ
っている

The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness.
でも
いま
びょうき
病気
よわ
って
ている
だった
Now she lay weak in bed.
かれ
よわ
りきっていて
しょくよく
食欲
なかった
He was weak as a rat, and had no appetite.
よわる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 165,000 (about 465,000 results)
• 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 43 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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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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