weakness

/ˈwiːknəs/

意味: 弱さ、欠点

例文: ALX hid his weakness well.
　　  ALXは自分の弱点をうまく隠した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: physical weakness(身体的な弱さ), emotional weakness(感情的な弱さ), weakness for sweets(甘いものに弱い)

定義: 弱さ、欠点、力が足りないことや、何かに対して抵抗できない状態を指します。身体的な弱さや、感情的な弱さ、または特定のものに対する好みや誘惑に負けやすいことも含まれます。

weaknessは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a flaw or weak point
Noun: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
Noun: the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
Noun: the condition of being financially weak
Noun: a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

His weakness was his fear of heights.(彼の弱点は高所恐怖症だった。)
She admitted her weakness in math.(彼女は数学の苦手を認めた。)
Everyone has a weakness they try to hide.(誰にでも隠したい弱点がある。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he was quick to point out his wife’s failings
Noun: in spite of their weakness the group remains active
Noun: his weakness increased as he became older
Noun: the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed
Noun: the weakness of the dollar against the yen
Noun: he has a weakness for chocolate

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): failing, helplessness, impuissance, weakness

Antonyms(反意語): strength

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): imperfection, misfortune, powerlessness, preference, property

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acquired taste, actinism, adversity, age, analyticity, anisotropy, bodily property, characteristic, chemical property, compositeness, concentration, connectivity, consistency, constitution, defect, defectiveness, degree, disposition, duality, edibility, extension, failing, flaw, fullness, gutter, hard cheese, helplessness, heredity, hydrophobicity, ineffectiveness, isotropy, magnitude, manner, olfactory property, optics, paper tiger, physical property, primality, saltiness, selectivity, size, solvability, sound property, spatial property, strength, sustainability, tactile property, taste property, temporal property, uninterestingness, unpersuasiveness, unsolvability, vascularity, viability, visual property, voicelessness, wart, weakness

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adynamia, attenuation, enervation, faintness, fatigability, fatigue, feebleness, flaw, flimsiness, fragility, inanition, insubstantiality, insufficiency, smallness, vulnerability, weak part

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: fail, helpless, impuissant, weak

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ness

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative