JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

辟易 (hekieki)

辟易 (へきえき, hekieki) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “to be fed up (with); to be tired (of)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
へきえき
Romaji
hekieki
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear · suru verb, intransitive, noun
  2. to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to be disconcerted · suru verb, intransitive, noun
  3. to wince; to shrink back; to cringe · suru verb, intransitive, noun

Example sentences

彼は人付き合いに辟易している。
He's fed up with socializing.

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

Conjugation of 辟易

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary辟易するへきえきする hekiekisuru
Polite (~masu)辟易しますへきえきします hekiekishimasu
Negative辟易しないへきえきしない hekiekishinai
Polite negative辟易しませんへきえきしません hekiekishimasen
Past辟易したへきえきした hekiekishita
Polite past辟易しましたへきえきしました hekiekishimashita
Negative past辟易しなかったへきえきしなかった hekiekishinakatta
Te-form辟易してへきえきして hekiekishite
Potential辟易できるへきえきできる hekiekidekiru
Passive辟易されるへきえきされる hekiekisareru
Causative辟易させるへきえきさせる hekiekisaseru
Volitional辟易しようへきえきしよう hekiekishiyou
Imperative辟易しろへきえきしろ hekiekishiro
Conditional (~ba)辟易すればへきえきすれば hekiekisureba

Kanji in 辟易

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 辟易.

Source: JMdict entry 1573590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.