also: とぜん
Describes a state of having nothing to do and feeling listless or weary. Often used in literary or reflective contexts. The reading とぜん is rare and archaic.
On holidays I feel bored and can't bring myself to do anything.
Out of sheer tedium, I started writing a diary.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading つれづれ. The reading とぜん is rare and archaic.
Rare archaic reading; the reading つれづれ is gikun/jukujikun, and とぜん is a less common alternative.
Kana spelling is common in modern writing, especially when the kanji 徒然 might be unfamiliar.
The kanji 徒然 are a jukujikun reading for つれづれ. The word itself is of native Japanese origin, with the exact derivation uncertain. It appears in classical works such as 徒然草 (Essays in Idleness).