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- Reading and JLPT level
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怠る JLPT 2
- Kana Reading
- おこたる
- Romaji
- okotaru
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
- Example sentence
- 戦場に赴くカメラマンが不発弾の危険性を知らないのは不思議だ、新聞社は教育を怠ってる。 It is strange that a cameraman heading for a war-zone should not know about the danger of unexploded shells. The newspaper company is being negligent in its training.
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Examples of 怠る, おこたる in a sentence
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戦場に赴くカメラマンが不発弾の危険性を知らないのは不思議だ、新聞社は教育を怠ってる。
It is strange that a cameraman heading for a war-zone should not know about the danger of unexploded shells. The newspaper company is being negligent in its training.
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He blamed me for neglecting my duty.
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Don't fail in your daily duties.
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She was dismissed for loafing on the job.
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They are alert to the dangers of food poisoning.
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He neglected to write her.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 怠る
- Plain Polite
- 怠ります
- Negative
- 怠らない
- Negative Polite
- 怠りません
Past
- Plain
- 怠った
- Plain Polite
- 怠りました
- Negative
- 怠らなかった
- Negative Polite
- 怠りませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 怠って
- Plain Polite
- 怠りまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 怠られる
- Plain Polite
- 怠られます
- Negative
- 怠られない
- Negative Polite
- 怠られません
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