- hekiheki to be fed up (with), to be tired (of), to be bored (with), to be unable to bear
Casual spoken Japanese, often used by younger people to express annoyance or boredom with a person, situation, or repeated event.
毎日同じことの繰り返しで、もうヘキヘキだよ。
Mainichi onaji koto no kurikaeshi de, mō hekiheki da yo.
I'm fed up with the same thing every day.
彼の自慢話にはもうヘキヘキしてる。
Kare no jimanbanashi ni wa mō hekiheki shiteru.
I'm tired of his bragging.
⚖️ Often confused with 'mō ii' (もういい), but 'hekiheki' specifically implies being fed up due to repetition or excess.
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