WORD DETAIL
飽きる
あきる
Examples
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
飽きる(あきる)is an intransitive verb for losing interest or satisfaction through repeated exposure to something. - Basic usage: It describes tiring of a repeatedly played game, or conversely a view one never grows tired of.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- に marks what one tires of
ゲームをするmarks the game as the object of an activity.ゲームに飽きるinstead usesにfor what one becomes tired of.
- Regardless of repetition
何度眺めても飽きることがないmeans never tiring of the view, however often one looks.てもand the negative together express a feeling unchanged by repetition.

