Illustration: After cleaning a neighborhood community hall, a volunteer sinks onto the entrance step with drooping shoulders and legs stretched heavily forward. Their damp hair clings to their forehead, and one hand loosely holds a cleaning cloth while the other supports their tired head.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

くたびれる

kutabireru

to get tired

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは仕事しごとでひどくくたびれている。

    I’m very tired from work.

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  2. ジャックは５０マイル歩あるいてくたびれた。

    Jack was tired from having walked fifty miles.

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  3. 少すこしくたびれた。

    I’m a bit tired.

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