倦けん怠たい感かん

け

ん

た

い

か

ん

Meanings

1

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.

Kanji

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

Related words

たるみN1
倦怠感 refers to a feeling of lethargy or fatigue, while 弛み in its mental sense refers more broadly to a letdown or slackening of motivation and tension.
無む気き力りょくN2
倦怠感 refers to a physical or mental sense of fatigue, whereas 無気力 describes the broader psychological state of having no motivation.
疲つかれN3
倦怠感 describes a vague sense of lethargy or malaise (sometimes a symptom of illness), whereas 疲れ is the ordinary word for feeling tired from exertion.
疲ひ労ろうN2
倦怠感 emphasizes a vague, lingering sense of listlessness or malaise, while 疲労 refers more directly to physical or mental exhaustion from exertion.

Built from

倦けん怠たい+感かん

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.

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').