JAPANESE VERB

あきる

飽きる

to get bored, to get tired of

Conjugation

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Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI get bored
NegativeI don’t get bored

finished actions

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI got bored
NegativeI didn’t get bored

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form	Polite	Plain
て-formgetting bored, and…
Doing now (ています)I am getting bored
Please (てください)please get bored

可能形 · “can”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI can get bored
NegativeI can’t get bored

たい形 · “want to”

Form	Polite	Plain
AffirmativeI want to get bored
NegativeI don’t want to get bored

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form	Polite	Plain
Let’slet’s get bored

条件形 · “if” and “when”

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form	Polite	Plain
PassiveI am gotten bored
CausativeI make someone get bored

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

Present and future

おなじりょうりがつづくと、 あきます。

When the same food keeps coming, I get tired of it.
Past

このゲームにはもう あきた。

I'm already bored of this game.
Te-form

むすこはおもちゃにすぐ あきて しまう。

My son gets tired of toys right away.
Potential

ここでは あきる までカニがたべられます。

Here you can eat crab until you're sick of it.
Want to

あきる までうみをみていたい。

I want to watch the sea until I've had my fill.
Volitional

このゲームに あきる まえに、クリアしよう。

Let's finish this game before we get bored of it.
Conditional

あきたら、おとうとにあげてね。

When you get tired of it, give it to your little brother.
Commands and requests

すぐ あきないで、さいごまでつづけなさい。

Don't get bored right away; keep at it to the end.
Passive and causative

おなじはなしばかりして、ともだちにあきられた。

I kept telling the same stories and my friends got tired of me.

What you're tired of takes に: ゲームにあきる.
あきました, the past, is how you say "I'm bored of it".
Getting bored is not something you decide, so the potential, want and volitional sentences show あきる beside another verb.

The same pattern, on other verbs: ichidan verb (ru-verb).