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Kotomora

怠

neglect, laziness

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • タイ

Kun'yomi

  • おこた.る
  • なま.ける

Meaning

怠 centers on a lack of effort or attention: neglecting duties and giving in to laziness.

Most common words using 怠

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  • 怠るおこたる
    N2

    to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to fail to do; to leave undone; to avoid (doing); to shirk; to be unmindful of

  • 怠いだるい
    N2

    sluggish; languid; listless; heavy (heart, legs, etc.); dull

  • 怠惰たいだ
    N1

    lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

  • 怠慢たいまん
    N1

    negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

  • 怠け者なまけもの
    N3

    lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

  • 倦怠けんたい

    weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui

  • 怠りおこたり

    negligence; carelessness

  • 勤怠きんたい

    diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)

  • 倦怠期けんたいき

    stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut

  • 怠けるなまける
    N3

    to be lazy; to be idle; to slack

  • 休怠きゅうたい

    laziness; neglect

  • 倦怠感けんたいかん

    physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

  • 同盟怠業どうめいたいぎょう

    go-slow strike

  • 怠け癖なまけぐせ

    habit of idleness (laziness); indolence

  • 怠らずにおこたらずに

    carefully

  • 怠りがちおこたりがち

    neglectfulness

  • 怠りなくおこたりなく

    diligently; faithfully; without fail; without blundering

  • 怠怠したいだいし

    improper (behavior, attitude, etc.); unreasonable; outrageous

  • 怠業たいぎょう

    sabotage; slow-down tactics

  • 怠業戦術たいぎょうせんじゅつ

    slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)

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Etymology

怠 combines 台 (a platform or stand) with 心 (heart/mind), suggesting a mind that is idle or resting, leading to neglect or laziness.

Meaning mnemonic

The top part 台 looks like a platform, and the bottom 心 is the heart. Picture your heart lounging on a platform, too lazy to get up and do anything—that's neglect.

Reading mnemonic

For タイ, imagine a lazy person tying a hammock to the platform (台) and sleeping all day: tie -> タイ, and the heart (心) is too lazy to care.