()きっぽい

あきっぽい
i-adjective
easily bored; fickle; having a short attention span
personality
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()きっぽい()きっぽくない
Past()きっぽかった()きっぽくなかった
て form()きっぽくて()きっぽくなくて
Adverbial()きっぽく
Conditional ば()きっぽければ()きっぽくなければ
Conditional たら()きっぽかったら()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.
(かれ)()きっぽい。
He gets bored easily.
()きっぽい性格(せいかく)(なお)したい。
I want to fix my fickle personality.
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.

Forms

()きる (to get tired of) + っぽい (tendency suffix). The っぽい suffix indicates a habitual tendency or characteristic.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 三日坊主(みっかぼうず): someone who can't stick with anything (literally "three-day monk") — emphasizes inability to continue, while ()きっぽい focuses on the tendency to lose interest
  • ()まぐれ: whimsical, capricious — broader meaning covering unpredictable behavior, not just boredom