怠け者

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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”)

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Noun

怠(なま)け者(もの) or 怠(ナマ)け者(モノ) • (namakemono) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 樹懶 (“sloth”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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