飽き飽き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
飽 飽
あ
Grade: S 		あ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
飽々
飽飽
厭き厭き
厭々
厭厭

Etymology

Reduplication of 飽き (aki).

Pronunciation

Verb

飽(あ)き飽(あ)きする • (akiaki suru) intransitive suru (stem 飽(あ)き飽(あ)きし (akiaki shi), past 飽(あ)き飽(あ)きした (akiaki shita))

  1. to become tired of, to become sick of
    Synonym: うんざりする (unzari suru)
    • 1923, 芥川龍之介, あばばばば‎, 青空文庫:
      殊(こと)に高(たか)い勘定台(かんぢやうだい)の後(うし)ろに仏頂面(ぶつちやうづら)を曝(さら)した主人(しゆじん)は飽(あ)き飽(あ)きするほど見慣(みな)れてゐる。
      Koto ni takai kanjōdai no ushiro ni butchōzura o sarashita shujin wa akiaki suru hodo minarete iru.
      Especially the proprietor, who displayed his sullen face behind the tall cashier's desk—he had become accustomed to seeing him to the point of weariness.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "飽き飽きする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 飽き飽きし あきあきし akiaki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 飽き飽きし あきあきし akiaki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 飽き飽きする あきあきする akiaki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 飽き飽きする あきあきする akiaki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 飽き飽きすれ あきあきすれ akiaki sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 飽き飽きせよ¹
飽き飽きしろ² 		あきあきせよ¹
あきあきしろ² 		akiaki seyo¹
akiaki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 飽き飽きされる あきあきされる akiaki sareru
Causative 飽き飽きさせる
飽き飽きさす 		あきあきさせる
あきあきさす 		akiaki saseru
akiaki sasu
Potential 飽き飽きできる あきあきできる akiaki dekiru
Volitional 飽き飽きしよう あきあきしよう akiaki shiyō
Negative 飽き飽きしない あきあきしない akiaki shinai
Negative continuative 飽き飽きせず あきあきせず akiaki sezu
Formal 飽き飽きします あきあきします akiaki shimasu
Perfective 飽き飽きした あきあきした akiaki shita
Conjunctive 飽き飽きして あきあきして akiaki shite
Hypothetical conditional 飽き飽きすれば あきあきすれば akiaki sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Noun

飽(あ)き飽(あ)き • (akiaki) 

  1. tired of, sick of
    • 1937, 戸坂潤, 近衛内閣の常識性‎, 青空文庫:
      政治屋(せいじや)（軍人(ぐんじん)も例外(れいがい)ではない――ないどころではないのだ）に引(ひ)きまわされることは、もう飽(あ)き飽(あ)きだという感(かん)じである。
      Seijiya (gunjin mo reigai de wa nai――nai dokoro de wa nai no da) ni hikimawasareru koto wa, mō akiaki da to iu kanji de aru.
      It seems they are completely tired of being at the mercy of politicians (and of military personnel, who are not excluded—far from it).
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