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弱い

よわい

weak

Mnemonic

Two bows on the wall with their strings gone soft, and neither will send an arrow anywhere. Yow よわ, aye い, and the boy catches everything going round the school: よわい.

Built from

weak
Two bows 弓 side by side, each with its string hanging slack in a pair of soft marks.

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