怠け者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怠 者
なま
Grade: S
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
怠け者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

怠け (namake, “lazing”) +‎ 者 (mono, “person”)

Pronunciation

Noun

怠(なま)け者(もの) • (namakemono) 

  1. a slob; a slacker
    Synonyms: ものぐさ (“monogusa”), 無精者 (“bushōmono”), 不精者 (“bushōmono”), ずぼら (“zubora”), ぐうたら (“guutara”), (Tsugaru) からぽねやみ (“karaponeyami”)

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • 怠(なま)け者(も)の節句働(のせっくばたら)き (namakemono no sekkubataraki)

Noun

怠(なま)け者(もの) • (namakemono) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 樹懶 (“sloth”)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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