I Love Kanji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
- to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; to become exhausted; to grow weary · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to become worn out (of a well-used object) · ichidan verb, intransitive
- 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.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 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.