優柔不断

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 優柔 (yūjū, “indecisive”) +‎ 不断 (fudan, “indecisive”)

• (Tokyo) ゆうじゅうふだん (Heiban – )
• (Tokyo) ゆうじゅうふ​だん (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

優(ゆう)柔(じゅう)不(ふ)断(だん) • (yūjū fudan) ^{←いうじうふだん (iuziufudan)?}

1. indecision; indecisiveness

優(ゆう)柔(じゅう)不(ふ)断(だん) • (yūjū fudan) ^{←いうじうふだん (iuziufudan)?}-na (adnominal 優(ゆう)柔(じゅう)不(ふ)断(だん)な (yūjū fudan na), adverbial 優(ゆう)柔(じゅう)不(ふ)断(だん)に (yūjū fudan ni))

1. indecisive; undetermined; shilly-shally
   • 2000 September 18, Inokuma, Shinobu, “ＰＡＲＴ(パート)１(いち)　雨(あめ)のち… [Part 1: After the Rain…]”, in SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ) (SALAD(サラダ) DAYS(デイズ)) [Salad Days], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:

     俺(おれ)は別(べつ)にいいけど…キミ、学(がっ)校(こう)で「知(し)らない人(ひと)について行(い)っちゃダメ」とか、教(おそ)わんなかった？

     Ore wa betsu ni ii kedo… Kimi, gakkō de “shiranai hito ni tsuite itcha dame” to ka, osowannakatta?

     Fine by me… But haven’t you been taught at school that “you shouldn’t go anywhere with strangers”?

     子(ガ)供(キ)扱(あつか)いしないで‼　ちゃんと人(ひと)を見(み)る目(め)くらい持(も)ってるつもりなんだから‼　あなたはいい人(ひと)‼　ついでに小(しょう)心(しん)者(もの)で優(ゆう)柔(じゅう)不(ふ)断(だん)で足(あし)がクサイって感(かん)じ？

     Gaki atsukai shinai de‼ Chanto hito o miru me kurai motteru tsumori na n da kara‼ Anata wa ii hito‼ Tsuide ni shōshinmono de yūjū fudan de ashi ga kusai tte kanji?

     Don’t treat me like a brat!! I have keen eyes for good people!! You’re a good person!! But at the same time, you’re timid and shilly-shally and your feet smell, am I right?

     こっ…こンのガキャア‼

     Ko'…Konno gakyā‼

     Y…You little brat!!