飽きる
あきる
to get tired of, to lose interest in, to have enough
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Examples
息子はハンバーガーに飽きています。
むすこはハンバーガーにあきています。
My son is tired of hamburgers.
毎日同じ料理では飽きてしまいます。
まいにちおなじりょうりではあきてしまいます。
You get sick of it if it's the same dish every day.
この曲は何度聞いても飽きないので、ずっと聞いています。
このきょくはなんどきいてもあきないので、ずっときいています。
I never get tired of this song however often I hear it, so I keep listening to it.
Common patterns
- ～に飽きる
- to get tired of ...
- 飽きない
- never gets old
- 飽きるほど
- enough to get sick of it
Memory tip
What you are tired of takes に: 仕事に飽きた. Keep it apart from 疲れる — 仕事に飽きた means you are bored with the work, 仕事に疲れた that you are worn out by it.
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