だらだら
Japanese
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeia. Also appears to be related to classical verb 垂る (taru), modern 垂れる (tareru, “to hang down, like a droplet or loose string; to droop; to flow slowly, to drip”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
だらだら (rōmaji daradara)
- (onomatopoeia) pouringly, drippingly
- sluggishly, taking a long time
- in an idling manner
- going on and on when speaking
Usage notes
Followed by the adverbial particle と (to), or by the perfective form した (shita) of verb する (suru, “to do”).
Verb
だらだらする (intransitive, rōmaji daradara suru)
- (onomatopoeia) to pour, to drip
- to be sluggish, to take a long time, to dawdle
- to idle about
- to go on and on when speaking
Conjugation
Conjugation of "だらだらする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | だらだらし | だらだらし | daradara shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | だらだらし | だらだらし | daradara shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | だらだらする | だらだらする | daradara suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | だらだらする | だらだらする | daradara suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | だらだらすれ | だらだらすれ | daradara sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | だらだらせよ¹ だらだらしろ² |
だらだらせよ¹ だらだらしろ² |
daradara seyo¹ daradara shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | だらだらされる | だらだらされる | daradara sareru | |
| Causative | だらだらさせる だらだらさす |
だらだらさせる だらだらさす |
daradara saseru daradara sasu | |
| Potential | だらだらできる | だらだらできる | daradara dekiru | |
| Volitional | だらだらしよう | だらだらしよう | daradara shiyō | |
| Negative | だらだらしない | だらだらしない | daradara shinai | |
| Negative continuative | だらだらせず | だらだらせず | daradara sezu | |
| Formal | だらだらします | だらだらします | daradara shimasu | |
| Perfective | だらだらした | だらだらした | daradara shita | |
| Conjunctive | だらだらして | だらだらして | daradara shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | だらだらすれば | だらだらすれば | daradara sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
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