だるい (darui)

What it means

1. 1.

   Sluggish, heavy-limbed, drained — the physical feeling of a fever coming on or of four hours' sleep.

2. 2.

   Of a task or a person: a drag, too much effort to deal with.

Examples with translations

• 今日はなんか体がだるい。

  My body feels like lead today.

• 明日の会議、まじだるい。

  Tomorrow's meeting is going to be such a slog.

Where it comes from

From classical 怠し (darushi), 'languid'. The physical sense is standard Japanese; the 'this is tedious' extension is what makes the modern usage slang.

Other forms

Romanised as:

darui

Spellings and variants:

だりー, ダルい