怠け者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
怠	者
なま Grade: S	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

怠け (namake, “lazing”) +‎ 者 (mono, “person”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- (Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónóꜜ] (Odaka – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ke̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

怠け者 (hiragana なまけもの, rōmaji namakemono)

a slob; a slacker

Synonyms

(slob): ものぐさ; 無精者; 不精者; ずぼら; ぐうたら

Antonyms

(slob): 働き者

Derived terms

怠け者の節句働き

Noun

怠け者 (hiragana なまけもの, katakana ナマケモノ, rōmaji namakemono)

Alternative spelling of 樹懶 (“sloth”)

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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