Where does “詰まらない” come from?

詰まらない (Japanese) comes from Japanese 詰まる, from Japanese いきづまる — to be breathtaking.

詰まらない (Japanese): boring

Definitions

  1. boring

Ancestry of “詰まらない”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese詰まるbe blocked
2Japaneseいきづまるto be breathtaking
Every word from Japanese いきづまる →Every word from Japanese 詰まる →