横おう着ちゃく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

横着する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	横おう着ちゃくする	横おう着ちゃくしない
Polite	横おう着ちゃくします	横おう着ちゃくしません
Past polite	横おう着ちゃくしました	横おう着ちゃくしませんでした
Past	横おう着ちゃくした	横おう着ちゃくしなかった
Te-form	横おう着ちゃくして	横おう着ちゃくしないで
Desire	横おう着ちゃくしたい	横おう着ちゃくしたくない
Potential	横おう着ちゃくできる	横おう着ちゃくできない
Passive	横おう着ちゃくされる	横おう着ちゃくされない
Causative	横おう着ちゃくさせる	横おう着ちゃくさせない
Causative passive	横おう着ちゃくさせられる	横おう着ちゃくさせられない
Volitional	横おう着ちゃくしよう
Polite volitional	横おう着ちゃくしましょう
Imperative	横おう着ちゃくしろ	横おう着ちゃくするな
Conditional	横おう着ちゃくすれば	横おう着ちゃくしなければ
Tara conditional	横おう着ちゃくしたら	横おう着ちゃくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, na-adjective, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

laziness; shirking; cutting corners

Describes a person's attitude or behavior of avoiding effort, doing things the easy way, or neglecting proper procedure. Often used with する to mean 'to slack off' or 'to take a shortcut'.

彼かれは仕し事ごとで横おう着ちゃくをして、上じょう司しに叱しかられた。
He cut corners at work and got scolded by his boss.
横おう着ちゃくな態たい度どを取とると、周まわりからの信しん頼らいを失うしなうよ。
If you take a lazy attitude, you'll lose the trust of those around you.

na-adjective, noun

impudent; brazenly dishonest; shameless

A stronger, more negative sense: acting with audacity or dishonesty, often in a way that disregards others. Less common than the laziness sense, but still used in modern Japanese.

あの政せい治じ家かの横おう着ちゃくな振ふる舞まいには呆あきれるばかりだ。
I'm simply disgusted by that politician's brazen behavior.
横おう着ちゃくにも彼かれは自じ分ぶんのミスを認みとめようとしなかった。
Shamelessly, he refused to admit his own mistake.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を横おう着ちゃくするto be lazy about doing something / to cut corners on something
掃そう除じを横おう着ちゃくして、部屋へやが汚よごれてしまった。
I skimped on cleaning, and the room ended up dirty.
横おう着ちゃくして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a lazy, corner-cutting way
横おう着ちゃくして薬くすりを飲のまなかったら、風邪かぜが長なが引びいた。
I skipped taking my medicine out of laziness, and my cold dragged on.
横おう着ちゃくな〈人ひと〉a lazy / brazenly shameless person
彼かれは横おう着ちゃくな人ひとで、いつも仕し事ごとを後あと回まわしにする。
He's a lazy person who always puts off his work.

Kanji

横sideways, side, horizontal
着don, arrive, wear

Related words

怠たい惰だN1sense 1
怠惰 is a formal, abstract term for laziness often used in writing, while 横着 is colloquial and implies a deliberate choice to skip effort or proper procedure.
図ずう々ずうしいN3sense 2
図々しい describes shameless, brazen behavior toward others, matching the more negative sense of 横着 as impudent or dishonest.
無ぶ精しょう sense 1
無精 describes a general reluctance to make effort (e.g. not shaving, not cleaning), whereas 横着 more specifically implies cutting corners or skipping proper steps.
ずるいN3sense 2
ずるい focuses on being sly or unfair, while 横着 in its impudent sense emphasizes brazen shamelessness rather than cleverness.
手て抜ぬきN1
横着 emphasizes laziness of character or attitude, while 手抜き focuses on the specific act of skipping necessary steps.

Opposites

勤きん勉べんN1sense 1
勤勉 means diligent and hardworking, the direct opposite of 横着's sense of laziness and cutting corners.

Don't confuse with

横おう柄へいN1sense 2
横柄 looks similar and shares the kanji 横 but means arrogant or high-handed toward others, not lazy or corner-cutting like 横着.

Word family

横おう着ちゃく者もの
shirker; lazy person; slacker

Written forms

横おう着ちゃくUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; the only written form.
おうちゃくUsage1%

Etymology

The word is composed of 横 (side, sideways, wrong) and 着 (arrive, wear). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination suggests a meaning of 'deviating from the proper path' or 'taking a sideways approach,' which developed into the modern senses of laziness and impudence.