がっくり

heartbroken

Also:feeling exhausted

What does がっくり mean?

がっくり is a Japanese noun meaning heartbroken in English. It can also be translated as feeling exhausted depending on context. It is written as がっくり in hiragana, and gakkuri in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

彼はがっくりひざをついた。

His knees gave way.