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ばてばて

bate-bate

Completely exhausted and drained

Totally spent from heat or overexertion — you can barely drag yourself along. A colloquial, emphatic way to express being wiped out.

💡After playing sports in summer heat — 'I'm bate-bate from the heat.'

Example

夏の暑さでばてばてになった。

I'm bate-bate from the summer heat.

Quiz yourself

After hiking in the midday sun, everyone was ___.

炎天下のハイキングで全員○○だった。

summersportsstressdiscomfortsweat
Intermediate