惰だ性せい

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Meanings

Describes continuing an action or state simply because one has been doing it, without conscious thought or fresh intention. Often used in expressions like 惰性で続ける.

毎まい日にち同おなじ道みちを通とおるのは、もはや惰だ性せいだ。
Taking the same route every day is just force of habit by now.
惰だ性せいで仕し事ごとを続つづけているだけの状じょう態たいから抜ぬけ出だしたい。
I want to break out of the state of just continuing work out of sheer momentum.

noun

inertia

rare termphysics

Rare physics term for inertia; the standard modern term is 慣性 (かんせい).

Usage patterns

惰だ性せいで〈動どう詞し〉to do something purely out of habit, with no fresh motivation
もう何なん年ねんも惰だ性せいで今いまの仕し事ごとを続つづけている。
I've been sticking with my current job for years now, purely out of habit.
惰だ性せいがつくto fall into a passive routine
毎まい日にち同おなじ生せい活かつを繰くり返かえすうちに惰だ性せいがついてしまった。
Repeating the same daily routine, I ended up falling into a passive rut.
惰だ性せいを打だ破はするto break out of a habitual rut
新あたらしい趣しゅ味みを始はじめて惰だ性せいを打だ破はしたい。
I want to break out of my rut by starting a new hobby.
惰だ性せいに流ながされるto be swept along by mere habit, without direction
目もく標ひょうもなく惰だ性せいに流ながされて日ひ々びを過すごしている。
Without any goals, I'm just drifting through my days out of habit.