GUTTA-RI ぐったり
Meanings
Describes being utterly exhausted or weakened, with so little energy that you feel almost unable to stand or do anything.
Examples
I’m so exhausted after work that I don’t even have the energy to cook.
仕事から帰っても、ぐったりして料理を作る気力もない。
I’ve been wiped out by a hangover since this morning.
二日酔いで、朝からぐったりしている。
Listening to two hours of his bragging completely drained me.
２時間もつまらない話を聞かされて、ぐったりしちゃったわ。
Dogmatic Opinion
GUTTA-RI is a dazed, depleted kind of exhaustion or weakness—the sort that makes you feel you cannot get up and do anything.
Plants that have lost their vitality and are hanging limp can also be GUTTA-RI.
The cause does not have to be physical exertion. You can be mentally GUTTA-RI after being thoroughly fed up or drained by an unpleasant experience, even if your body itself is not tired.
The common image is that strength and vitality have gone out of the person, animal, or plant.
Proximate Expression
be tired(as hell)
be exhausted
be worn-out
groggy
feel frazzled
limp
Related Words
For Japanese Learners
Exhausted, worn out, wiped out, drained, and limp may fit. For a person, “I’m completely wiped out” often captures the conversational force well. For a plant, wilted or limp is more natural. GUTTA-RI is much stronger than simply being tired.
