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ぐったり (guttari) Japanese meaning: exhausted | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation ぐったりする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary ぐったりする ぐったりしない Polite ぐったりします ぐったりしません Past polite ぐったりしました ぐったりしませんでした Past ぐったりした ぐったりしなかった Te-form ぐったりして ぐったりしないで Desire ぐったりしたい ぐったりしたくない Potential ぐったりできる ぐったりできない Passive ぐったりされる ぐったりされない Causative ぐったりさせる ぐったりさせない Causative passive ぐったりさせられる ぐったりさせられない Volitional ぐったりしよう Polite volitional ぐったりしましょう Imperative ぐったりしろ ぐったりするな Conditional ぐったりすれば ぐったりしなければ Tara conditional ぐったりしたら ぐったりしなかったら
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I walked all day and I'm completely exhausted.
The cat is sleeping limply on the sofa.
The heat made me feel listless.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 疲つか れてぐったりする for someone to become completely exhausted
I was completely exhausted after the long meeting.
暑あつ さでぐったりする to become listless from the heat
The dog is listless from the heat.
ぐったり ( と ) 横よこ になる to lie down limply, utterly exhausted
As soon as he got home, he collapsed limply onto the sofa.
ぐったりした 〈 人ひと 〉 a person who looks utterly exhausted
Exhausted-looking patients were lined up at the hospital.
Related words へとへと emphasizes physical fatigue from exertion, like 'dead tired', while ぐったり adds a sense of limpness and lack of energy, often from heat or illness.
くたくた can describe worn-out objects as well as tired people, whereas ぐったり is used only for living things going limp from exhaustion.
げっそり stresses a gaunt, drained appearance (e.g. after losing weight or shock), while ぐったり stresses limp physical exhaustion.
Opposites 元気 describes being lively and full of energy, the opposite state to ぐったり, which describes being limp and drained.
ぐったり describes someone limp, exhausted, and drained of energy, the opposite of ぴんぴん's image of vigorous, lively health.
Don't confuse with ぐったり describes being physically limp or exhausted, while がっかり's rare exhaustion sense is much less common than its main meaning of emotional disappointment.
ぐったり and ずっしり sound alike as mimetic words ending in a doubled consonant, but ぐったり describes limp exhaustion, not heaviness.
Written forms ぐったり Usage 87%
Standard hiragana spelling; the most common written form.
グッタリ Usage 13%
Katakana spelling, often used for emphasis or in informal writing.
ぐたり Usage <1%
Less common variant; may appear in older or dialectal contexts.
グタリ
Katakana variant of the less common form.
Etymology An onomatopoeic or mimetic word; the exact derivation is uncertain, but it phonetically suggests a drooping or limp state.
