I Love Kanjiくたびれる (kutabireru)
くたびれる is a Japanese verb meaning “to get tired; to become exhausted”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- くたびれる
- Romaji
- kutabireru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get tired; to become exhausted; to grow weary · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to become worn out; to become battered (from long use) · ichidan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with · auxiliary verb, ichidan verb · usually written in kana · after the -masu stem of a verb
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of くたびれる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | くたびれる | くたびれる kutabireru |
| Polite (~masu) | くたびれます | くたびれます kutabiremasu |
| Negative | くたびれない | くたびれない kutabirenai |
| Polite negative | くたびれません | くたびれません kutabiremasen |
| Past | くたびれた | くたびれた kutabireta |
| Polite past | くたびれました | くたびれました kutabiremashita |
| Negative past | くたびれなかった | くたびれなかった kutabirenakatta |
| Te-form | くたびれて | くたびれて kutabirete |
| Potential | くたびれられる | くたびれられる kutabirerareru |
| Passive | くたびれられる | くたびれられる kutabirerareru |
| Causative | くたびれさせる | くたびれさせる kutabiresaseru |
| Volitional | くたびれよう | くたびれよう kutabireyou |
| Imperative | くたびれろ | くたびれろ kutabirero |
| Conditional (~ba) | くたびれれば | くたびれれば kutabirereba |
Source: JMdict entry 1003810 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.