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倦怠感 (けんたいかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

倦けん怠たい感かん

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Meanings

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noun

fatigue; weariness; lassitude

Refers to a persistent feeling of physical tiredness or lack of energy, often used in medical or everyday contexts.

最さい近きん、倦けん怠たい感かんが続つづいていて、何なにもする気きが起おきない。
Lately I've been feeling constant fatigue and can't bring myself to do anything.

この薬くすりの副ふく作さ用ようとして倦けん怠たい感かんが現あらわれることがあります。

Fatigue may occur as a side effect of this medicine.

Written forms

倦けん怠たい感かん
Standard kanji spelling.
けん怠たい感かん
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

倦lose interest in, tire of
怠neglect, laziness
感emotion, feeling, sensation

Similar words

疲ひ労ろう
疲労 is general fatigue or exhaustion, often from exertion; 倦怠感 emphasizes a subjective, lingering sense of weariness or malaise.
だるさ
だるさ is a more casual, everyday term for feeling heavy or sluggish; 倦怠感 is more formal and clinical.

Etymology

Compound of 倦怠 (kentai, 'weariness, languor') and 感 (kan, 'feeling, sensation'). 倦怠 is itself a combination of 倦 (ken, 'tired, weary') and 怠 (tai, 'neglect, laziness').