でれでれ

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Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spelling
デレデレ

This term is part of a cluster of terms surrounding a root でれ (dere, “slovenliness? sloppiness? shamefulness?”) that is not attested on its own.

  • でれる (dereru, verb), attested from 1867
  • でれでれ (deredere, adverb), attested from 1889
  • でれっと (deretto, adverb), attested from 1889
  • でれり (dereri, adverb), attested from 1891
  • でれつく (deretsuku, verb), attested from 1908

Further derivation is uncertain. Possibly related to noun 照れ (tere, “embarrassment, ashamedness, bashfulness”), from verb 照れる (tereru, “to be embarrassed, ashamed, bashful”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

でれでれ or デレデレ • (deredere) 

  1. slovenly, sloppily, in the manner of a slob
  2. swooningly, fawningly, schmoozingly, flirtingly (especially regarding a man's behavior towards women)

Verb

でれでれする or デレデレする • (deredere suru) suru (stem でれでれし (deredere shi), past でれでれした (deredere shita))

  1. to be slovenly, to be sloppy, to be a slob
  2. to schmooze, to flirt, to fawn, to be soft on women (especially regarding a man's behavior towards women)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "デレデレする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") デレデレし てれでれし teredere shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") デレデレし てれでれし teredere shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") デレデレする てれでれする teredere suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") デレデレする てれでれする teredere suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") デレデレすれ てれでれすれ teredere sure
Meireikei ("imperative") デレデレせよ¹
デレデレしろ² 		てれでれせよ¹
てれでれしろ² 		teredere seyo¹
teredere shiro²
Key constructions
Passive デレデレされる てれでれされる teredere sareru
Causative デレデレさせる
デレデレさす 		てれでれさせる
てれでれさす 		teredere saseru
teredere sasu
Potential デレデレできる てれでれできる teredere dekiru
Volitional デレデレしよう てれでれしよう teredere shiyō
Negative デレデレしない てれでれしない teredere shinai
Negative continuative デレデレせず てれでれせず teredere sezu
Formal デレデレします てれでれします teredere shimasu
Perfective デレデレした てれでれした teredere shita
Conjunctive デレデレして てれでれして teredere shite
Hypothetical conditional デレデレすれば てれでれすれば teredere sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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