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fickle nature; easily bored disposition; someone who gets tired of things quickly
a personality trait describing someone who loses interest in things quickly and cannot stick with activities or hobbies for long
私は飽き性だから続かない。
I'm fickle, so I can't stick with things.
飽き性の息子がまた新しい趣味を始めた。
My easily-bored son has started yet another new hobby.
飽き性を直したいと思っているが、なかなか難しい。
I want to fix my fickle nature, but it's quite difficult.
Functions as both a noun (describing the trait) and a na-adjective modifier. Usually used self-deprecatingly or to describe someone's weakness. Not strongly negative — more like a mild character flaw that people acknowledge openly.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 飽き性な人: a fickle person
- 飽き性を直す: to fix one's fickle nature
- 飽き性だから: because I get bored easily
- かなりの飽き性: quite the fickle type
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 三日坊主: someone who gives up after three days — humorous idiom for the same concept
- 気まぐれ: whimsical, capricious — focuses on unpredictability rather than losing interest
- 移り気: fickleness — literary/formal, often used for romantic fickleness
WORD FORMATION:
飽き (getting tired of) + 性 (nature, disposition). The suffix 性 appears in many personality words: 怒り性 (short-tempered), 汗っかき性 (sweaty disposition).