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怠慢, たいまん

  • taiman
JLPT LEVEL 1

Definition

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

  • negligence
  • procrastination
  • carelessness

Examples of 怠慢,たいまん in a Sentence

彼は義務怠慢で非難された。
He was blamed for neglect of duty.
この失敗は、君自身の怠慢から起こったものだ。
This failure was brought about by your own negligence.
その事故の責任は管理人の怠慢にある。
The accident was due to the negligence of the caretaker.
君は職務怠慢の申し開きをしなければならない。
You must account for your neglect of duty.
この不幸は彼の怠慢が原因なのです。
This misery resulted from his laziness.
彼は私を、怠慢であることで叱った。
He scolded me for being lazy.
彼は私を、怠慢だと叱った。
He scolded me for being lazy.
怠慢な労働者は全員解雇しなければならない。
All the workers who are lazy must be fired.
彼は私を、怠慢だと言って叱った。
He scolded me for being lazy.
私は彼女の怠慢さにうんざりしています。
I'm fed up with her laziness.

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