Meaning of 怠惰 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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怠惰, 怠情
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Kana Readingたいだ
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Romajitaida
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- laziness; idleness; sloth
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Example Sentences
怠惰, 怠情, たいだ used in context
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She accused her son of wasting his life.
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She reproached me for being lazy.
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彼を破滅させたのは彼の病気というよりも、むしろ彼の怠惰である。
It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.
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He is a lazy student.
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He was lazy and irresponsible. Thus, he was told to leave the company.
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He regrets having been lazy.
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