怠け者

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
怠け者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) なまけもの [nàmákémónóꜜ] (Odaka – [5])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠ke̞mo̞no̞]

Noun

怠(なま)け者(もの) • (namakemono)

a slob; a slacker
Synonyms: ものぐさ (“monogusa”), 無精者 (“bushōmono”), 不精者 (“bushōmono”), ずぼら (“zubora”), ぐうたら (“guutara”), (Tsugaru) からぽねやみ (“karaponeyami”)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “slob”): 働(はたら)き者(もの) (hatarakimono)

Derived terms

怠(なま)け者(も)の節句働(のせっくばたら)き (namakemono no sekkubataraki)

Noun

怠(なま)け者(もの) or 怠(ナマ)け者(モノ) • (namakemono)

Alternative spelling of 樹懶 (“sloth”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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