だるい
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Base i-adjective form ending in 『い』. Describes a physical or mental state of fatigue or lack of energy.
Theme
User meets their friend Aya at a café after a long day of work. Aya notices User looks tired.
だるい
だるい
sluggish / feel heavy (tired) / languid
People & IdentityEmotions & Personality
Memory Hook
Imagine feeling so tired and heavy that you can't move — you say 'darn, I feel darui!' (だるい darui, 'sluggish'). 'Darui' rhymes with 'darn' to help remember that sluggish feeling.
Cultural Note
『だるい』 (darui) is a casual expression often used by young people in Japan to describe feeling tired or unmotivated, especially after work or on hot days.
Forms
Base: だるいBase i-adjective form ending in 『い』. Describes a physical or mental state of fatigue or lack of energy.
Negative: だるくないDrop 『い』 → add 『くない』 (kunai, negative) → 『だるくない』 (darukunai).
Past: だるかったDrop 『い』 → add 『かった』 (katta, past) → 『だるかった』 (darukatta).
Adverbial: だるくDrop 『い』 → add 『く』 (ku, adverbial) → 『だるく』 (daruku).
Comparative: よりだるいComparative formed with modifier 『より』 (yori, 'more than') + base adjective.
Superlative: 一番だるいSuperlative formed with 『一番』 (ichiban, 'number one / Most') + adjective.