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ya there are many different giyongo to describe various states of exhaustion...probably due to the workaholic culture that is prevalent in Japan

• lIl-IIIl 3y ago
  I think there are different onomatopoeia for different kinds of pain. English equivalent is probably when a doctor may ask if a pain is sharp, dull, pulsating, burning, etc.
• jameshart 3y ago
  Careful... it's a little too easy to ascribe things like that to a superficial cultural trait. English has a huge variety of terms for extreme tiredness: whacked, bushed, wiped out, worn out, drained, burned out, beat, knackered, fried, shattered, frazzled, zonked... must be the puritan work ethic or something. We've even got a few onomatopoeia of our own: feeling kinda.. ugh.. meh... bleugh... I mean, whew, yeesh. Just... phew. Maybe being tired is just the global human condition.
  • edgyquant 3y ago
    It may be due to Protestant work ethic, no idea, but non of the English words you cited are actual onomatopoeias
    • jameshart 3y ago
      Well, ぐたぐた, へとへと and よたよた aren't exactly onomatopoeias either.
  • Jagerbizzle 3y ago
    Not to mention "sigh", which I find impossible to say without also sighing.