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へとへと

exhausted, worn out

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Examples

  1. 残業でへとへとだ。

    ざんぎょうでへとへとだ。

    I am worn out from overtime.

  2. 一日中歩き回って、もうへとへとだ。

    いちにちじゅうあるきまわって、もうへとへとだ。

    After walking around all day I am completely spent.

  3. 子どもの相手でへとへとに疲れた。

    こどものあいてでへとへとにつかれた。

    Keeping the kids entertained left me exhausted.

Common patterns

へとへとになる
to become worn out
へとへとに疲れる
to be exhausted
もうへとへとだ
I am completely spent

Memory tip

Unlike most of these doubled words it is used predicatively, as へとへとだ or へとへとになる, not as a plain manner adverb. It means total physical exhaustion and is casual; くたくた is almost interchangeable.

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