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倦憊 (けんぱい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
extreme fatigue ; exhaustion
rare term
Rare literary term for profound weariness, often used in formal or written descriptions of mental or physical exhaustion. Can be used as a suru-verb (倦憊する).
過か 労ろう で 心しん 身しん とも に 倦けん 憊ぱい し て いる 。
I am utterly exhausted both mentally and physically from overwork.
Kanji 倦 lose interest in, tire of Similar words 疲ひ 労ろう 疲労 is the common word for fatigue or tiredness, used in everyday and medical contexts. 倦憊 is a much rarer, more literary term implying deeper, often prolonged exhaustion.
疲ひ 弊へい 疲弊 also means exhaustion or impoverishment, often used for economic or systemic fatigue. 倦憊 focuses more on personal, profound weariness.
Etymology Composed of 倦 (tired, weary) and 憊 (exhausted, fatigued), both rare kanji that reinforce the meaning of deep exhaustion. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is a Sino-Japanese compound.
