飽きっぽい
あきっぽい
i-adjective
easily bored; fickle; having a short attention span
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 飽きっぽい | 飽きっぽくない |
| Past | 飽きっぽかった | 飽きっぽくなかった |
| て form | 飽きっぽくて | 飽きっぽくなくて |
| Adverbial | 飽きっぽく | — |
| Conditional ば | 飽きっぽければ | 飽きっぽくなければ |
| Conditional たら | 飽きっぽかったら | 飽きっぽくなかったら |
1.
easily bored; fickle; quick to lose interest
Describes a personality trait of getting bored or losing interest quickly. Used to characterize someone who starts things enthusiastically but soon tires of them.
彼は飽きっぽい。
He gets bored easily.
飽きっぽい性格を直したい。
I want to fix my fickle personality.
子供は飽きっぽいから、長い映画は向かない。
Children get bored easily, so long movies aren't suited for them.
Describes someone who loses interest in things quickly — the kind of person who picks up hobbies but drops them soon after. It carries a mildly negative nuance, suggesting a lack of perseverance.
FORMATION:
飽きる (to get tired of) + っぽい (tendency suffix). The っぽい suffix indicates a habitual tendency or characteristic.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 飽きっぽい性格: fickle personality
- 飽きっぽい人: someone who gets bored easily
- 飽きっぽくて続かない: too fickle to stick with something
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 三日坊主: someone who can't stick with anything (literally "three-day monk") — emphasizes inability to continue, while 飽きっぽい focuses on the tendency to lose interest
- 気まぐれ: whimsical, capricious — broader meaning covering unpredictable behavior, not just boredom