Keyword
idle
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig806
Readings
たい
(35%)
だる
(17%)
なま
(11%)
たる
(6%)
Composed of
pedestal
heart
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
languid; listless
Examples (83 in total)
You neglected to say "Thank you."
Thanks to television, boys and girls are apt to neglect reading books.
You neglected to tell me to buy bread.
His failure to tell me the truth caused an accident.
He criticized me for neglecting my duty.
He neglected his duties.
Don't fail in your daily duties.
You are not to neglect your duty.
The officer blamed him for neglecting his duty.
How lazy those boys are!
The failure is due to his idleness.
It was clear that the lazy student would never live up to his family's expectations.
What a lazy teacher!
It is because you are lazy that you cannot write your report.
It is his laziness that he must overcome.
The primary cause of his failure is laziness.
I cannot put up with his idleness any longer.
He is a very lazy boy.
He regrets having been lazy.
He is a lazy student.
It is not his illness that ruined him so much as his idleness.
Idleness often accounts for poverty.
Laziness is my weak point.
Your laziness will make you unhappy.
Idleness leads to failure.
I am ashamed of having been lazy.
Nowadays many college students are neglectful of their studies.
We are liable to be lazy.
He is lazy by nature.
He admonished his son for being lazy.
I neglected to note it in my calendar.
But I was always too lazy.
I can't excuse his laziness.
He is inclined to be lazy.
He regrets having been idle when young.
He is ashamed of having been idle in his youth.
She seemed to be idle.
I was scolded by my mother for being lazy.
Don't be lazy, why don't you study a little?
She scolded her son for being lazy.
My father advised me not to be lazy.
I regret having been lazy in my school days.
I am by no means absent from this class because I am lazy.
He blamed me for neglecting my duty.
The failure resulted from his idleness.
Some students neglect their studies in favor of sports.
This failure was brought about by your own negligence.
The accident stemmed from her negligence.
He scolded me for being lazy.
All the workers who are lazy must be fired.
I'm fed up with her laziness.
If he wasn't lazy, he might be rich by now.
John was a lazy person until he met you.
Tom is a lazy person.
Tom isn't a lazy man.
Tom is a lazy fellow.
Tom is not a lazy boy. As a matter of fact, he works hard.
Tom is by no means unintelligent. He is just lazy.
Fred is a lazy fellow.
Beth was asked by her lazy boyfriend to do his history homework.
On one hand he is kind, but on the other hand he is lazy.
Get back to work, you lazy bum!
The teacher declined to let the lazy boy attend his class.
The trouble with him is that he is lazy.
His son is lazy and good for nothing.
He is not as lazy a student as you think.
He is such a lazy fellow.
He is a lazy fellow.
He was dismissed on the grounds that he was lazy.
He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.
He regrets having been idle when he was young.
They are lazy. I can't understand such people.
The lazy man frequently neglects his duties.
In other words, Tom is lazy.
In our plans, we failed to take the weather into account.
My father believed that anyone who could not make a living in Japan was lazy.
The boy neglected to water the plants, and he was scolded.
He was lazy and irresponsible. Thus, he was told to leave the company.
In other words, he's lazy.
They would think the person is modest or lazy.
You must account for your neglect of duty.
He was negligent of his duties.
He is very hard on lazy people.