便べん便べんだらり

Meanings

Describes a state of doing nothing productive, moving slowly, or lacking purpose. Often used with と (to) as an adverb. Rare and literary; not common in everyday speech.

彼かれは日ひがな一いち日にちべんべんだらりと過すごしている。
He spends the whole day idly.
べんべんだらりとした態たい度どが上じょう司しの不ふ興きょうを買かった。
His sluggish attitude incurred his boss's displeasure.

Kanji

便convenience, facility, excrement

Related words

だらだら
Common onomatopoeic adverb for dragging on or being sluggish. べんべんだらり is more emphatic and literary, combining 便便 (idle) with だらり (loosely).
のらりくらり
Means evasively or lazily avoiding work. べんべんだらり focuses more on aimless idleness without the nuance of evasion.

Written forms

便べん便べんだらり
Kanji spelling with 便便; the repetition mark 々 variant 便々だらり also exists. Both are rare and literary.
便べん々べんだらり
Variant using the repetition mark 々; equally rare and literary.

Etymology

Compound of 便便 (benben, 'idle, at ease') and だらり (darari, 'loosely, languidly'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a literary reduplicative phrase.