How to say "bored" in Japanese

• つまらなそう
  na-adjectiveCovers the bored-looking sense: someone who seems bored or uninterested, say at a dull talk. A less common way to say 'bored'; つまらなさそう is a variant form of the same expression.
  性交せいこうの最中さいちゅう彼女かのじょはつまらなそうな顔かおをしていた。↗

  She looked bored while we were making love.
• つまらなさそう
  na-adjectiveThe same bored-looking sense as つまらなそう: someone whose face or manner shows boredom or lack of interest, for example during a tedious event. Also a less common rendering of 'bored'.
• 所在無いしょざいない
  i-adjectiveDescribes the state of being bored because one has nothing to do — idle, at a loose end. A less common word for 'bored'; it names the situation rather than a bored facial expression.
• 所在なげしょざいなげ
  na-adjectiveDescribes someone who looks idle and bored, with an air of having nothing to do. A less common word for 'bored'; it characterizes the person's visible manner rather than the feeling itself.

「つまらなそう」 and 「つまらなさそう」 describe someone who looks bored or uninterested with something dull; 「所在無い」 names the idle state of having nothing to do, and 「所在なげ」 the idle, bored air of a person in that state.

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• つまらなそうbored
• つまらなさそうbored
• 所在無いしょざいないbored
• 所在なげしょざいなげidle