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Kanji Detail for 怠 - "negligence, laziness, idleness"
怠
- Meaning
怠 means "negligence, laziness, idleness."
Lax - To become lax or slacken in effort or enthusiasm.
Neglect - To fail to take proper care of something or to pay insufficient attention to it.
Sluggish - To become slow or sluggish in action or response.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
Sentences including 怠
The trouble with him is that he is lazy.
The failure is due to his idleness.
He is a lazy student.
He is never lazy.
How lazy those boys are !
He idles away the time.
You should never fail to make efforts.
Those who are idle will fail.
Don't neglect your business.
He is not the idle boy he was.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
とにかく私は何とか挨拶すべきところを黙っていたのですから、私はこの怠慢の罪をあなたの前に謝したいと思います。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その後をまた強い日で照り付けられるのですから、身体が倦怠くてぐたぐたになりました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
とにかく私は何とか挨拶すべきところを黙っていたのですから、私はこの怠慢の罪をあなたの前に謝したいと思います。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その後をまた強い日で照り付けられるのですから、身体が倦怠くてぐたぐたになりました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha