How to say "exhaustion" in Japanese
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- 消耗しょうもうnoun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbExhaustion as depletion: energy, strength, or resources being used up. It points to a supply running down — consumption, dissipation — rather than to the feeling of tiredness itself.
- 疲弊ひへいnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbExhaustion as a run-down, drained state, with a sense of depletion and weakening. It fits a person worn out in body and mind, and also larger entities such as an economy or organization.
- 疲労ひろうnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbFatigue or tiredness itself: the weary state of a person after physical or mental effort. When you mean the felt condition of being exhausted, this is the word that names it.
疲労 names tiredness or fatigue itself, 消耗 presents exhaustion as the using-up of energy, strength, or resources, and 疲弊 pictures a worn-down, drained state — of a person, or of an economy or organization.
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