疲れる
つかれる
hepburn tsukareru
to get tired
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 今日は仕事で疲れました。I'm tired from work today.
- お疲れさまでした。Thanks for your hard work / good job today.
Collocations
疲れる (tsukareru, to be tired)お疲れさま (otsukaresama, good work)疲れ (tsukare, fatigue)過労 (karou, overwork)休む (yasumu, to rest)
Mnemonic
Tsukareru (疲れる) is an ichidan intransitive — "to become tired / worn out." The greeting "Otsukaresama deshita" (literally "you must be tired") is one of the most-used Japanese expressions: (1) leaving work and addressing those who stay, (2) after finishing a task, (3) at meeting / event end, (4) opening line of internal email. Korean "sugohaseyo / suganaseossseumnida" matches the range. Casual variants: otsukare! (friends), otsukaresama (colleagues). Etymology: o- (honorific) + tsukare (tiredness noun) + sama (honorific suffix) = "your tiredness" in polite form. Watch: gokurousama is used downward (boss to subordinate); using it on a superior is rude.
Quick check
Greeting that is rude when said to a superior?