ずるずる

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

dragging slowly; scraping along

Mimetic adverb for a large or heavy thing being dragged along slowly, often with a scraping or pulling feel. Often used as ずるずると.

• 重おもい袋ふくろを床ゆかの上うえでずるずると引ひきずった。

  I dragged the heavy bag slowly across the floor.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

slipping down gradually; sliding little by little; slithering

Describes something slowly losing position, slipping, sliding, drawing back, or moving with a slithering motion rather than in one clean movement.

• 靴くつ下したがずるずる下さがってくる。

  My socks keep gradually slipping down.

• ロープが手てからずるずると抜ぬけていった。

  The rope slowly slipped out of my hand.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

dragging on; putting off; interminably

Used when an undesirable situation, decision, delay, or habit drags on without being settled; can imply sloppiness or lack of discipline.

• 返へん事じをずるずる先さき延のばしにしてしまった。

  I kept putting off my reply.

• 会かい議ぎは結けつ論ろんが出でないままずるずる続つづいた。

  The meeting dragged on without reaching a conclusion.

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

with a slurp; with a sniffle

Sound-symbolic use for slurping noodles or liquid, or for sniffling and drawing mucus back through the nose.

• 彼かれはラーメンをずるずるとすすった。

  He slurped up the ramen.

• 子こどもが鼻はな水みずをずるずるすすっている。

  The child is sniffling.

na-adjective

loose; lax; unresolved; inconclusive

Na-adjective-like use for something loose or slipping, or for a state that has become lax, unsettled, or left hanging. Often feels colloquial and evaluative.

• ベルトがゆるくて、ズボンがずるずるだ。

  My belt is loose, so my pants are slipping down.

• 二人ふたりの関かん係けいはずるずるなまま続つづいていた。

  Their relationship continued in an unresolved, dragging-on state.