Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
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Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “From Old Japanese れる...but where did the kanji come from? Are they jukujikun?

Also, any relationship to くたばる?”

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝta̠bʲiɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "くたびれる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
くたびれる たびれ [kùtábíréꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) くたびれろ たびれ [kùtábíréꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive くたびれられる たびれられ [kùtábíréráréꜜrù]
Causative くたびれさせる たびれさせ [kùtábírésáséꜜrù]
Potential くたびれられる たびれられ [kùtábíréráréꜜrù]
Volitional くたびれよう たびれよ [kùtábíréyóꜜò]
Negative くたびれない たびれない [kùtábíréꜜnàì]
Negative perfective くたびれなかった たびれなかった [kùtábíréꜜnàkàttà]
Formal くたびれます たびれま [kùtábírémáꜜsù]
Perfective くたびれた たびれた [kùtábíꜜrètà]
Conjunctive くたびれて たびれて [kùtábíꜜrètè]
Hypothetical conditional くたびれれば たびれれば [kùtábíréꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

草臥(くたび)れる (kutabireruintransitive ichidan (stem 草臥(くたび) (kutabire), past 草臥(くたび)れた (kutabireta))

  1. To be exhausted (very tired.)
    • (こう)(ちょう)でも(たず)ねようかと(おも)ったが、草臥(くたび)れたから、(くるま)()って宿(やど)()()れて()けと(しゃ)()()()けた。
      Kōchō demo tazuneyō ka to omotta ga, kutabireta kara, kuruma ni notte yadoya e tsureteike to shafu ni iitsuketa.
      I thought of visiting the principal, but being tired, ordered the rickshawman to take me to a hotel.
  2. (auxiliary) To be tired of, to have enough of. Mostly used in the form 待ちくたびれる.

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