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おこたる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to fail to do; to leave undone; to avoid (doing); to shirk; to be unmindful of
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
Old-fashioned
2. to improve (of an illness); to get better
Alt. forms
怠おこたる
95%
おこたる
4%
Pitch accent
お
こたる
お
こた
る
Conjugations...Used in: 106
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to be off one's guard
Examples (14 in total)
He neglected his duties.
Don't fail in your daily duties.
I neglected to note it in my calendar.
You neglected to say "Thank you."
The officer blamed him for neglecting his duty.
He criticized me for neglecting my duty.
He blamed me for neglecting my duty.
Some students neglect their studies in favor of sports.
The lazy man frequently neglects his duties.
The boy neglected to water the plants, and he was scolded.
In our plans, we failed to take the weather into account.
You neglected to tell me to buy bread.
Thanks to television, boys and girls are apt to neglect reading books.
His failure to tell me the truth caused an accident.