しんどい

tired; frazzled

Also:tiresome

AdjectiveJLPT N2

What does しんどい mean?

しんどい is a Japanese adjective meaning tired; frazzled in English. It can also be translated as tiresome depending on context. It is written as しんどい in hiragana, and shindoi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.

Example sentence

アメリカの尻馬に乗るなというセリフに正面から反論するのが、どれほどしんどいことだったことか。

Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"