JLPT N5 · Verb

疲れる (tsukareru)

疲れる (つかれる, tsukareru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get tired; to tire”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
つかれる
Romaji
tsukareru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; to become exhausted; to grow weary · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to become worn out (of a well-used object) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to starve · ichidan verb, intransitive · archaic

Example sentences

そのとき、彼らは、ブラックベリーの林の周りをつかれて、のどがかわくまで競争して遊んでいました。
Then they played "ring-a-ring-a-rosy" until they were tired and thirsty.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 疲れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary疲れるつかれる tsukareru
Polite (~masu)疲れますつかれます tsukaremasu
Negative疲れないつかれない tsukarenai
Polite negative疲れませんつかれません tsukaremasen
Past疲れたつかれた tsukareta
Polite past疲れましたつかれました tsukaremashita
Negative past疲れなかったつかれなかった tsukarenakatta
Te-form疲れてつかれて tsukarete
Potential疲れられるつかれられる tsukarerareru
Passive疲れられるつかれられる tsukarerareru
Causative疲れさせるつかれさせる tsukaresaseru
Volitional疲れようつかれよう tsukareyou
Imperative疲れろつかれろ tsukarero
Conditional (~ba)疲れればつかれれば tsukarereba

Kanji in 疲れる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 疲れる.

疲れつかれtiredness疲労ひろうfatigue

Source: JMdict entry 1483740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.