しんどい
shindoi
🇯🇵 Japanese slang from Osaka
What does “しんどい” mean?
exhausting, tough
Example
“今日の部活、しんどかったわ”
kyō no bukatsu, shindokatta wa
Club practice today was brutal
Good to know
From Kansai, now common all over Japan.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: 疲れた
Heard in a conversation
Tigers won!
Kenta せやろ！ほんまに9回のあれ、しばいてやったな。
told you! honestly that hit in the 9th, he whacked it
Mao あかん、興奮して寝られない😂 明日しんどいわ。
no good, too hyped to sleep 😂 tomorrow's gonna be rough
Kenta しゃあない（笑）道頓堀行く？冗談やで、ちょけただけ。
can't be helped lol. going to Dōtonbori? kidding, just goofing around
😩 How other countries say “ugh, that’s exhausting”
More from Osaka
- めっちゃsuper, so
- ほんまreally, true
- なんでやねんoh come on!, why on earth?!
- ええやんnice!, that's great
- おもろいfunny
- しゃあないoh well, can't be helped
- せやろright?!, told you
- アレ'that thing' = the championship
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