だらだら

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Japanese

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeia. Also appears to be related to classical verb 垂る (taru), modern 垂れる (tareru, “to hang down, like a droplet or loose string; to droop; to flow slowly, to drip”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

だらだら • (daradara) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) pouringly, drippingly
  2. sluggishly, taking a long time
  3. in an idling manner
  4. going on and on when speaking

Usage notes

Followed by the adverbial particle と (to), or by the perfective form した (shita) of verb する (suru, “to do”).

Verb

だらだらする • (daradara suru) intransitive suru (stem だらだらし (daradara shi), past だらだらした (daradara shita))

  1. (onomatopoeia) to pour, to drip
  2. to be sluggish, to take a long time, to dawdle
  3. to idle about
  4. to go on and on when speaking

Conjugation

Conjugation of "だらだらする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") だらだらし だらだらし daradara shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") だらだらし だらだらし daradara shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") だらだらする だらだらする daradara suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") だらだらする だらだらする daradara suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") だらだらすれ だらだらすれ daradara sure
Meireikei ("imperative") だらだらせよ¹
だらだらしろ² 		だらだらせよ¹
だらだらしろ² 		daradara seyo¹
daradara shiro²
Key constructions
Passive だらだらされる だらだらされる daradara sareru
Causative だらだらさせる
だらだらさす 		だらだらさせる
だらだらさす 		daradara saseru
daradara sasu
Potential だらだらできる だらだらできる daradara dekiru
Volitional だらだらしよう だらだらしよう daradara shiyō
Negative だらだらしない だらだらしない daradara shinai
Negative continuative だらだらせず だらだらせず daradara sezu
Formal だらだらします だらだらします daradara shimasu
Perfective だらだらした だらだらした daradara shita
Conjunctive だらだらして だらだらして daradara shite
Hypothetical conditional だらだらすれば だらだらすれば daradara sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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