じゃく – Vocabulary details

じゃく

Suffix

1. a little less than; a little under; slightly fewer than

あと二に時じ間かん弱じゃくほどかかると思おもわれます。It is expected to take a little less than two more hours.

Noun

2. weakness; the weak; low (setting)

エアコンを弱じゃくにしてください。Please set the air conditioner to low.

Suffix

3. -lower (seismic intensity)

after a number on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale; e.g. 5弱

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amblyopia; weak sight

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

ドライヤーはじゃくで使つかっている。

I use my hair dryer on the low setting.

扇せん風ぷう機きをじゃくで回まわす。

I run the fan on low.

大おおきさは一いちメートルじゃく。

The size is a little less than one meter.

エアコンをじゃくにしてください。

Please set the air conditioner to low.

あと二に時じ間かんじゃくほどかかると思おもわれます。

It is expected to take a little less than two more hours.

その数かずは、十じゅう人にんじゃくといったところだろうか。

The number was perhaps a little less than ten people.

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