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張り切る

はりきる

to be full of energy, to be eager and enthusiastic

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Examples

  1. 彼は朝から張り切っている。

    かれはあさからはりきっている。

    He has been full of energy since this morning.

  2. 初めての仕事なので、張り切って早く出社した。

    はじめてのしごとなので、はりきってはやくしゅっしゃした。

    It was my first day of work, so I eagerly went in early.

  3. あまり張り切りすぎると、後で疲れが出ますよ。

    あまりはりきりすぎると、あとでつかれがでますよ。

    If you throw yourself into it too hard, the tiredness will catch up with you later.

Common patterns

張り切って働く
to work with great enthusiasm
張り切りすぎる
to overdo one's eagerness
試合前に張り切る
to be fired up before a match

Memory tip

The image is a bowstring pulled taut — energy stretched and ready to release. It describes visible eagerness, so it is said about someone else's mood far more often than about one's own.

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