How would you say "x is exhausting/tiring"?


I know that "I'm tired" translates to

> 疲{つか}れました

But how would you say, for example "PE class is exhausting" ? 疲れる is
intransitive, so you can't say something like "PE class exhausts me", and
there doesn't seem to be an adjective that has a meaning that is similar to
"exhausting".




One way to say it would be to use the pattern 「Xでへとへとです/になる」, meaning "X
exhausts me."

体{たい}育{いく}の授{じゅ}業{ぎょう}でへとへとです/になる。




It turns out that, in a perhaps surprising display of semantic flexibility,
疲れる can be used in a sense comparable to "tiring" or "exhausting". (Though I
stop well short of calling 疲れる used in this way an adjective.) So you can say:

> 体育の授業は疲れます。(PE class is exhausting.)

Two of bona fide adjectives you may also consider in this situation are しんどい
and きつい.

