Meaning of もたつく in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level もたつく, モタつく

Romaji motatsuku, motatsuku

Parts of speech

Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb

Meaning

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

Examples of , もたつく, モタつく in a sentence

これ以上ここでもたついてると、後ろの第二関門からも増援が来て、挟撃されるかも知れねーんだぜ。

If we hang around here any longer there could be reinforcements coming from the second gate to take us in a pincer movement!

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