つかれる
to get tired
The sickness radical wrapped round skin. Not ill: worn through to the outside layer. It took つか all of you れる, and the stairs have opinions about it now: つかれる.
お疲れ様 おつかれさま is said to somebody who has been working, and it is nearer to well done than to you look tired.
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