怠ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
なま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
懶ける

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「怠ける
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
怠ける まけ
Imperative (命令形) 怠けろ まけ
Key constructions
Passive 怠けられる まけられ
Causative 怠けさせる まけさせ
Potential 怠けられる まけられ
Volitional 怠けよう まけよ
Negative 怠けない まけない
Negative perfective 怠けなかった まけなかった
Formal 怠けます まけま
Perfective 怠けた けた
Conjunctive 怠けて けて
Hypothetical conditional 怠ければ まければ

Verb

(なま)ける (namakeruintransitive ichidan (stem (なま) (namake), past (なま)けた (namaketa))

  1. be idle, goof off, slack
    ()(ごと)(なま)ける
    shigoto o namakeru
    to slack off at work

Conjugation