疲れる

つかれる · tsukareru · JLPT N5 · verb-ichidan

to get tired

🔋 tsukareru: you TSUKA-RE-RUn out of battery — too careworn to go on

疲 has the sickness radical 疒 wrapped around 皮 (skin): worn down to the skin. Related to 使う (tsukau, to use) by sound: use yourself up (tsukau) and you get tired (tsukareru).

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