怠
neglect, laziness
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
20 of 26- 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)
Study
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.