疲つかれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

get tired; become fatigued; grow weary

Intransitive verb for becoming physically tired, mentally exhausted, or weary of a situation. Common patterns include 体が疲れる, 仕事で疲れる, and 人間関係に疲れる.

• 一いち日にち中じゅう歩あるいたので、足あしが疲つかれた。

  My legs got tired because I walked all day.

• 最さい近きん、仕し事ごとに疲つかれている。

  Lately I am worn out from work.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be worn out; become beat-up

Used by extension for an object that has lost its freshness, strength, or good condition through long use. This object use is less central than the human sense; くたびれる or 傷む may be more ordinary in many contexts.

• 長なが年ねん使つかった革かわのかばんは、すっかり疲つかれている。

  The leather bag used for many years is completely worn out.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

starve; be famished

Archaic use meaning to weaken from hunger or starve. In modern Japanese, 飢える or 飢え死にする would normally be used instead.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「疲つかれる」が飢うえて弱よわる意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old texts, 疲れる is sometimes used to mean weakening from hunger.