Literary or formal term for habitual laziness or idleness; not common in everyday speech. Often used in written or elevated contexts.
His indolent lifestyle became a problem.
Sloth is considered one of the seven deadly sins.
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
Kana spelling is acceptable when the kanji are obscure or for clarity.
Rarely used kanji form.
The word is composed of the kanji 懶 (slothful, lazy) and 惰 (lazy, negligent). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a Sino-Japanese compound (kango) likely adopted from classical Chinese.