倦怠|けんたいkentai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbweariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 倦怠する（けんたいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 倦怠します（けんたいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 倦怠しない（けんたいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 倦怠しません（けんたいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 倦怠せず・倦怠せぬ（けんたいせず・けんたいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 倦怠した（けんたいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 倦怠しました（けんたいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 倦怠しなかった（けんたいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 倦怠しませんでした（けんたいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 倦怠して（けんたいして） |
| Potential | 倦怠できる（けんたいできる） |
| Passive | 倦怠される（けんたいされる） |
| Causative | 倦怠させる（けんたいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 倦怠させられる（けんたいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 倦怠すれば（けんたいすれば） |
| tara | 倦怠したら（けんたいしたら） |
| Volitional | 倦怠しよう（けんたいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 倦怠しましょう（けんたいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 倦怠しろ（けんたいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym疲れつかれNeutralThe most common everyday word for tiredness, of body or mind, as in 「精神的な疲れ」; 「倦怠」 stresses boredom and listlessness more than plain fatigue.
- Synonym疲労ひろうWrittenWritten word for fatigue of body or mind; fits ordinary settings like work or sport and technical ones too, such as metal fatigue.
- SynonymアンニュイWrittenLoanword for languid ennui with a French, artistic-decadent flavor; written in style and used mostly of an atmosphere, not bodily fatigue.
- Related気づかれきづかれCasualColloquial word for being mentally drained by worry or social obligations, as in 「人付き合いで気疲れする」; 「倦怠」 is broader and more formal.
- Related退屈たいくつNeutralThe everyday word for boredom: having nothing to do or finding things dull. Unlike 「倦怠」, it implies no physical weariness.
- Related無気力むきりょくWrittenWritten word for listlessness and lack of drive, chiefly a mental state; 「倦怠」 also covers boredom and physical weariness.
- Related飽きるあきるCasualEveryday verb for losing interest after doing something for a while, as in 「勉強に飽きる」; 「倦怠」 names the weary state itself.
- Related倦むあぐむWrittenRare written verb for wearying of doing the same thing over and over; 「攻めあぐむ」 means an attack that stalls and cannot succeed.
- Related無聊ぶりょうWrittenWritten word for restless boredom with time hanging heavy on one's hands; now mostly in the set phrase 「無聊をかこつ」.
- Related無為無聊むいぶりょうWrittenFour-character written expression for the state of idling with nothing to do and finding it dull.
- Antonym活力かつりょくWrittenWritten word for vitality and energy; the direct opposite of the weary, listless state 「倦怠」 describes.
- Antonym爽快そうかいNeutralFeeling refreshed and invigorated in body and mind; the opposite of the heavy, listless feeling of 「倦怠」.
Use 「倦怠」, a written word, for weariness of body and mind, listlessness or boredom; it often appears as 「倦怠感」 or 「倦怠期」. For plain tiredness say 「疲れ」, for boredom 「退屈」, for tiring of something 「飽きる」. 「疲労」 is formal fatigue, 「気疲れ」 emotional drain, 「アンニュイ」 languid ennui, 「無気力」 apathy, 「無聊」 and 「無為無聊」 idle boredom; 「活力」 and 「爽快」 are opposites.
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