倦怠

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Chinese

tired
idle; lazy; negligent
idle; lazy; negligent; careless
 
simp. and trad.
(倦怠) 		倦 怠

Pronunciation

Adjective

倦怠

  1. sluggish; weary; lethargic
    職業倦怠／职业倦怠  ―  zhíyè juàndài  ―  job burnout

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倦 怠
けん
Jinmeiyō 		たい
Grade: S
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

倦(けん)怠(たい) • (kentai) ←けんたい (kentai)?

  1. weariness
  2. fatigue

Derived terms

Verb

倦(けん)怠(たい)する • (kentai suru) ←けんたい (kentai)?intransitive suru (stem 倦(けん)怠(たい)し (kentai shi), past 倦(けん)怠(たい)した (kentai shita))

  1. to get tired of; to get bored with
  2. to feel tired; to feel heavy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "倦怠する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 倦怠し けんたいし kentai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 倦怠し けんたいし kentai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 倦怠する けんたいする kentai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 倦怠する けんたいする kentai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 倦怠すれ けんたいすれ kentai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 倦怠せよ¹
倦怠しろ² 		けんたいせよ¹
けんたいしろ² 		kentai seyo¹
kentai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 倦怠される けんたいされる kentai sareru
Causative 倦怠させる
倦怠さす 		けんたいさせる
けんたいさす 		kentai saseru
kentai sasu
Potential 倦怠できる けんたいできる kentai dekiru
Volitional 倦怠しよう けんたいしよう kentai shiyō
Negative 倦怠しない けんたいしない kentai shinai
Negative continuative 倦怠せず けんたいせず kentai sezu
Formal 倦怠します けんたいします kentai shimasu
Perfective 倦怠した けんたいした kentai shita
Conjunctive 倦怠して けんたいして kentai shite
Hypothetical conditional 倦怠すれば けんたいすれば kentai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
倦怠

Noun

倦怠 • (gwontae) (hangeul 권태)

  1. hanja form? of 권태 (“fatigue; languor”)
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